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I declare the September 9th

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Board of Education meeting

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open at 7:13

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Kentucky time. Please

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stand for the

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flag salute. The

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flag of the United

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States of America and

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the republic it

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serves, one nation

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and justice for

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all. Good. It looks like

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we don't have

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any announcements today.

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True.

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Are

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there any additions

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to the agenda? I

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don't see any hands raised. We are currently awaiting

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approval of the minutes

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of

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August 26. I accept

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the offer.

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Yes, agreed.

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Are there any discussions?

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No. Good. Okay,

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I'll take a quick

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roll call vote

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. Jaden,

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for.

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Bill,

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for.

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JP,

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for.

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Mackenzie,

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and I'm in favor too. The protocol

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was approved.

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Let's move on to

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public participation. Members of the

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Teland Education Board invite

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members of

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the public

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to share their

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thoughts and ideas.

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If appropriate,

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board members and

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administration may

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respond to

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comments during

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briefings.

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However, out of respect for those

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present and to

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comply with the time

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frame, further

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discussions may be

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held outside the

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meeting.

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You have two minutes. Does

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anyone in the audience wish

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to speak? 63 Wooden

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Drive? Um, I saw

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this on

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the internet today,

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offered by

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Mansfield Youth Services. It's kind of like a

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new

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leadership program

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for quiet

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high school students. And as

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the mother of a quiet

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high school student who is

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also interested in

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the National

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Honor Society,

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I wondered if

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Teland offered something

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similar. I've never

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seen anything like this before. But I know this is

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my first

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child, which is actually — here

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I have a few

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copies if

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you want to give them away. Um,

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my first child is

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more interested in

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National

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Honor Society.

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So, um, yeah, I

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was just wondering

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if we offer something

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like that, and if so,

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could you let me

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know. If not, is there a

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way to

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work with

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Mansfield to

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offer this to

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our students who

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may also want to

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join the

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National

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Honor Society

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but are very quiet,

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reserved, and may

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not have that

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formal

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leadership experience.

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And I guess that would

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count as a

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leadership skill

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for the National

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Honor Society.

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I think this should have been

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brought to your

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attention. I would be grateful.

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Doctor, do you want

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to respond to

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this somehow?

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Of course. Um, yes, I'd be

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happy to explore this

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issue. I've actually never

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heard of this

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program for quiet

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high school students. So

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this will be useful. I

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will present this to our

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leadership group. I

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also noticed that it

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looks like it is

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sponsored by

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Ashford Youth and Social Services. So it's

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like our city

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social services with

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Teresa Kristoff, and

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the city has grants for

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these kinds of activities that are happening

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in the city and in the schools. So

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this could be a great

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opportunity for us to

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leverage some of

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that funding

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into one of those

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programs.

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Yes. Yes. I think it would be

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very...I know

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my child

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would most likely

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benefit from something

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like this with this

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application.

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Yes. So is this a city

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collaboration? This is

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actually a

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youth

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services talent program. Good. Yes.

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No. No. Do you know

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anyone in town?

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But there's a lot...a lot of

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overlap in,

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you know, like in these

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cities, we do

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a lot of property deals

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, so, you know, one of these

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days I'll tell

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her about it too.

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Good. I appreciate it.

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Maybe you want

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to send this to her too,

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Shane?

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As a city council member,

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Dr. Willett could

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work with her.

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Yes, do that too,

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anyway. They are

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both working on this

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together.

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Yes, of course. But thank you

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. This...this is great.

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Thank you very much.

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Yes. And I said, "Yeah,

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no problem." I wasn't

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sure if we already

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had something like that. So,

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we run

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programs in collaboration

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with our youth

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services. But...but this

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particular one, "The Silent

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Disciple," I have

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n't actually heard of it. So,

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yeah, I hadn't heard of it either until

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today, but it

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somehow came up.

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Of course. It is certainly

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worth studying this

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issue. Of course. And these are the

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kinds of programs that

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they consistently

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support and

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sponsor. So, that's

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right. That's right.

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Good. Thank you.

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Of course. Does

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anyone else want to

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speak now?

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I don't think we have

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anyone online.

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No. Okay, we can

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close the public

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discussion.

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Okay, that brings

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us to the

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correspondence.

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Jayden, you're

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filling in for Dana today.

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Yes. Um...And also, I have

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a lot of thoughts on where this

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could lead, but

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I like that

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you brought it to

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our attention. So thank you.

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Of course. Um, we had

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four between the last

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meeting and this one, we

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received four

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different

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emails. If I

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missed anything, feel

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free to correct

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me. One concerns the

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bus stop.

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The father of a

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high school student

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asked the council

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to reinstate the bus stop

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near his house. Their

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son now waits alone

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on the side of the road, and

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late combined flights

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often raise

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safety concerns, especially

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in winter. We have

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correspondence regarding

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the size of the

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first-year class

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at Birch Grove

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. Parents reasonably

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objected to the fact

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that 24 first-graders are studying in one

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classroom at Birch Grove

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asked the district

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to explain this decision

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and refer to the

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relevant rules.

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for a written

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response and, possibly,

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to discuss the

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issue at a

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council or city

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administration meeting.

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Teacher Appreciation Day. I

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believe this was about

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last

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week. One

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community member noted that

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Teacher Appreciation Day was at

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Talon Green Market and asked

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where they could send

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a card. I believe

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this again

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referred to last

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week, not this one.

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Maybe I'm wrong.

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And the last one is the

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4x4 block schedule in

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high school.

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Parents of sixth-

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and second-graders are

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concerned that the

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4x4 block schedule in

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middle school could

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disrupt the

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sequence of

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math learning

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for students who

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have studied advanced

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math in

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high school. So

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they asked the board

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to consider an

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AB schedule or another type of

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schedule that better

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supports such

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sequential courses and

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so on. These were four

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issues that I

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noticed and

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analyzed. That's

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all.

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Thank you, Dr. Will. I've

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seen answers to, it

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seems, every one of

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them. So, okay,

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now let's move on to

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informational issues

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. Does any

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council member wish to

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speak now?

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This is actually

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related to my

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question. I'm really

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glad you

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brought this up because it's

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related to something

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I wanted to ask

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the doctor about before we started

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. So now is the

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right time.

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There are programs that

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operate directly

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through Tallinn schools,

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such as an

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after-school program

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like DECA, right? I

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will always

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remember DECA. This is a

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very open

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club for communication. You

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are there

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with many

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other children or

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students, and there is a

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lot

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going on around you. You know,

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there's

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really no way to

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be in a quiet place

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during events like this

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. However, there are many

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different paths you

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can take. You can

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choose a leadership

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path, a competitive path,

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or other paths that

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determine how

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much chaos or

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interaction you will have to

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deal with

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each week. So I

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will always

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recommend DECA

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simply because that's what

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I promoted too.

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That's the thing. And, and

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, and I have no doubt that

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you did. This, this, is hard. It's hard to

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take a step and step

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outside of your

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comfort zone, especially in something

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you're not

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quite used to. So,

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um, well, at this

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point, I don't even

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know what the status is

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with DECA. So I want to

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draw attention and, as an

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informational request,

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ask something about

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general clubs at

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the beginning of the year.

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general club, uh, uh

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, leaders, do we have them

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for clubs

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and all that?

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Generally speaking,

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yes. Yes, we are having a

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meeting to

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update

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club information and

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communications

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next week. But

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yes, we are currently in the

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process of raising funds

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to start the

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clubs on

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September 28th.

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Of course.

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But we are in the fundraising phase

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.

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Of course.

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So

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we also have an online

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system.

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We have an online

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system called “my school books,”

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similar to the one

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parents

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use for

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sports clubs.

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Do we think it's

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better than last

405
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time? I guess, given that

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I haven't heard

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many dissatisfied

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people, it seems like it is

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. I think I've

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only heard of some

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people getting confused about how to

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use it,

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but that usually

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happens when they

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first

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use it

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for sports or

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anything else. But

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the payments are coming in;

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people register;

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People are using the

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online payment method,

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although it costs

424
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a little extra,

425
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but as far as I can

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tell, it's going

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pretty well.

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okay so

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I won't

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ask about the

431
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details but the other

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part of my question

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was are there

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enough managers

435
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for these clubs? Because

436
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obviously

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retirement can affect

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who does what

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and all

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these things.

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Yes, we do not currently

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expect a shortage of

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managers.

444
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Perfectly.

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I think Jane wants

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to ask if there is a

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designated leader

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for DECA yet?

449
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Oh, yes, there is a person who

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we hope

451
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will take on this.

452
00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,554
Yes, that answered

453
00:10:03,554 --> 00:10:05,046
my question.

454
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You can be

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specific about

456
00:10:06,968 --> 00:10:07,648
things like that.

457
00:10:07,648 --> 00:10:08,862
Yes. Yes.

458
00:10:08,862 --> 00:10:10,129
We hope so.

459
00:10:10,129 --> 00:10:11,731
Yes. Yes. But the chances are

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high.

461
00:10:12,361 --> 00:10:12,991
OK.

462
00:10:12,991 --> 00:10:14,035
But don't forget that

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we have to raise

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funds before

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we can appoint a

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leader. So

467
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this applies to everyone,

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this is a

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small

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part too.

471
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Yes. Yes. OK. I'll

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ask you again

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in two weeks.

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Would you like to, would

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you like to be a

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manager for

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believe me, I've been

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through, I get

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paid

480
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I've been through the stages of how

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I can

482
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make this possible and unfortunately

483
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it's just not possible.

484
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But then again, there

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is a lot of personal

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investment in DECA. That's why I

487
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always recommend it.

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That's why I always

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ask about it, and, um,

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yes.

491
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Good. Of course.

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Thank you.

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00:10:47,086 --> 00:10:48,322
Anyone else?

494
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Um, can I

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ask, we have

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Peter Savo with us tonight. So I

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just wanted

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to know if

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we could address the

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new issues first.

501
00:10:57,107 --> 00:10:58,278
With pleasure.

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And we will move on to

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new issues after the

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chairman's report. We

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00:11:01,070 --> 00:11:02,200
can skip

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00:11:02,224 --> 00:11:03,024
the superintendent's question and

507
00:11:03,024 --> 00:11:03,848
go straight to

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00:11:03,848 --> 00:11:04,578
the capital ones to

509
00:11:04,578 --> 00:11:05,401
talk to him, and

510
00:11:05,401 --> 00:11:05,808
then...

511
00:11:05,808 --> 00:11:06,927
Glad to do that. Do

512
00:11:06,927 --> 00:11:07,600
I need to

513
00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,248
put this to a

514
00:11:08,248 --> 00:11:08,944
vote? I

515
00:11:08,944 --> 00:11:09,859
don't think so, I

516
00:11:09,859 --> 00:11:10,716
mean, we can

517
00:11:10,716 --> 00:11:11,660
just go ahead and

518
00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:12,747
say we're

519
00:11:12,747 --> 00:11:14,548
going to go to L1 and

520
00:11:14,577 --> 00:11:14,992
backtrack a little bit.

521
00:11:14,992 --> 00:11:15,622
OK.

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00:11:15,622 --> 00:11:16,630
And so we can,

523
00:11:16,630 --> 00:11:17,866
you know, let them

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leave here at some

525
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point. That

526
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sounds good. Um,

527
00:11:21,597 --> 00:11:23,198
okay. So, as for my

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information

529
00:11:24,095 --> 00:11:25,159
points, I was just

530
00:11:25,159 --> 00:11:26,456
going to, you know what?

531
00:11:26,456 --> 00:11:28,153
Yes. So, just

532
00:11:28,153 --> 00:11:29,102
welcome

533
00:11:29,102 --> 00:11:30,241
back to school. I

534
00:11:30,241 --> 00:11:31,444
look forward to the

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00:11:31,444 --> 00:11:32,863
report from our

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00:11:32,894 --> 00:11:34,240
student representative. Although without

537
00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,009
pressure. Um, but so far

538
00:11:37,009 --> 00:11:39,627
so good. I

539
00:11:39,627 --> 00:11:40,859
mean, it's weird to

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00:11:40,859 --> 00:11:42,308
only have one student

541
00:11:42,308 --> 00:11:43,576
in the city's public schools right now

542
00:11:43,576 --> 00:11:44,482
, but um,

543
00:11:44,482 --> 00:11:45,641
everything seems to be going

544
00:11:45,641 --> 00:11:47,090
great from what

545
00:11:47,090 --> 00:11:48,785
I've heard. So thank you for a

546
00:11:48,785 --> 00:11:49,714
great start to the

547
00:11:49,714 --> 00:11:51,266
school year.

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00:11:51,266 --> 00:11:52,193
Dr. Willie,

549
00:11:52,193 --> 00:11:54,513
we will now move on to the

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student representative's report. Are

551
00:11:55,884 --> 00:11:56,641
you going to

552
00:11:56,641 --> 00:11:57,370
paint the

553
00:11:57,370 --> 00:11:58,461
parking space? Uh

554
00:11:58,461 --> 00:12:00,191
, yes. We saw

555
00:12:00,191 --> 00:12:01,407
some photos.

556
00:12:01,407 --> 00:12:02,734
They are amazing just the way

557
00:12:02,734 --> 00:12:10,438
they are. on Friday. Uh,

558
00:12:10,438 --> 00:12:11,497
this week,

559
00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:13,125
Friday, September 11,

560
00:12:13,125 --> 00:12:14,306
2026, we're having our

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00:12:14,306 --> 00:12:15,649
first Nest, where we're

562
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doing a

563
00:12:16,423 --> 00:12:17,603
basketball

564
00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:18,825
knockout, as well as a

565
00:12:18,825 --> 00:12:20,412
hula hoop challenge

566
00:12:20,412 --> 00:12:21,918
and a Houston challenge,

567
00:12:21,918 --> 00:12:23,506
which has a drum beat and a

568
00:12:23,506 --> 00:12:29,659
part of a poem. and

569
00:12:29,659 --> 00:12:33,807
we will also have WFSB

570
00:12:33,807 --> 00:12:35,499
covering

571
00:12:35,499 --> 00:12:36,746
our football

572
00:12:36,746 --> 00:12:38,483
team as the football

573
00:12:38,483 --> 00:12:40,176
game of the week, and "Mog tall" and

574
00:12:40,176 --> 00:12:41,334
"mock child"

575
00:12:41,334 --> 00:12:42,581
will also start on

576
00:12:42,581 --> 00:12:45,412
September 14, 2026.

577
00:12:45,412 --> 00:12:48,585
This is great. Thank you. Uh,

578
00:12:48,585 --> 00:12:49,510
moving on to

579
00:12:49,510 --> 00:12:51,181
the committee and communications.

580
00:12:51,181 --> 00:12:52,349
We had a policy that

581
00:12:52,349 --> 00:12:53,033
dated back to when

582
00:12:53,033 --> 00:12:53,843
we

583
00:12:53,843 --> 00:12:55,213
last met.

584
00:12:55,213 --> 00:12:56,646
Um, and I actually, oh,

585
00:12:56,646 --> 00:12:57,871
yeah. Jay, can you

586
00:12:57,871 --> 00:12:58,636
provide a final

587
00:12:58,636 --> 00:12:59,801
update on this?

588
00:12:59,801 --> 00:13:02,850
OK. Um, Bill, do you

589
00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:04,135
want to talk about

590
00:13:04,135 --> 00:13:05,434
negotiations?

591
00:13:05,434 --> 00:13:06,376
Yes, we are still in the

592
00:13:06,376 --> 00:13:06,982
process with

593
00:13:06,982 --> 00:13:07,925
assistants and

594
00:13:07,925 --> 00:13:11,108
teachers.

595
00:13:11,108 --> 00:13:12,705
Um, Dana is gone. Uh,

596
00:13:12,705 --> 00:13:13,826
but we didn't have

597
00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:15,237
enough FFC, right? It's

598
00:13:15,237 --> 00:13:15,982
September.

599
00:13:15,982 --> 00:13:17,600
Yes. FFC didn't exist yet.

600
00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,431
And Joel is not here, but

601
00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:19,287
he provided an update

602
00:13:19,287 --> 00:13:19,980
on the

603
00:13:19,980 --> 00:13:20,766
curriculum last

604
00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:21,769
time. And Brian is away,

605
00:13:21,769 --> 00:13:22,961
but I believe the

606
00:13:22,986 --> 00:13:23,930
communications meeting

607
00:13:23,930 --> 00:13:24,725
you just mentioned

608
00:13:24,725 --> 00:13:25,296
is

609
00:13:25,296 --> 00:13:26,265
next week, right

610
00:13:26,265 --> 00:13:27,111
, Dr. Willett?

611
00:13:27,111 --> 00:13:28,036
Yes, that's right.

612
00:13:28,036 --> 00:13:29,114
Good. So, that

613
00:13:29,114 --> 00:13:30,076
concludes the

614
00:13:30,076 --> 00:13:31,871
public reports. Um, the

615
00:13:31,871 --> 00:13:33,611
chairman's report. I just

616
00:13:33,611 --> 00:13:34,956
wanted to say hello to everyone

617
00:13:34,956 --> 00:13:36,107
at school. I already

618
00:13:36,107 --> 00:13:37,951
did it. And now we'll

619
00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:39,227
move on to L1, new

620
00:13:39,227 --> 00:13:40,470
issues, and talk

621
00:13:40,470 --> 00:13:41,877
about the August

622
00:13:41,910 --> 00:13:43,333
capital expenditure report.

623
00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:44,247
Good. As you may

624
00:13:44,247 --> 00:13:45,487
recall, around

625
00:13:45,487 --> 00:13:46,448
this time of year we

626
00:13:46,448 --> 00:13:47,657
conduct our first

627
00:13:47,657 --> 00:13:48,587
round of

628
00:13:48,587 --> 00:13:51,296
capital investment reviews.

629
00:13:51,296 --> 00:13:52,390
The capital budget

630
00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:53,423
has two readings at the

631
00:13:53,423 --> 00:13:54,517
board of

632
00:13:54,517 --> 00:13:55,642
education level, and then the board

633
00:13:55,642 --> 00:13:56,280
traditionally

634
00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:56,979
authorizes

635
00:13:56,979 --> 00:13:57,921
the superintendent

636
00:13:57,921 --> 00:13:59,046
to forward the

637
00:13:59,046 --> 00:14:00,262
capital investment request from the

638
00:14:00,262 --> 00:14:03,237
board to the city. From this

639
00:14:03,237 --> 00:14:04,056
point on, the city

640
00:14:04,056 --> 00:14:05,283
is considering it among

641
00:14:05,283 --> 00:14:06,259
other

642
00:14:06,259 --> 00:14:07,456
capital investment requests

643
00:14:07,456 --> 00:14:08,589
within the process that

644
00:14:08,589 --> 00:14:10,757
you are familiar with. Normally

645
00:14:10,757 --> 00:14:11,799
this time of year—I

646
00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:12,538
called it

647
00:14:12,538 --> 00:14:13,546
August because we

648
00:14:13,546 --> 00:14:14,487
usually have an

649
00:14:14,487 --> 00:14:15,764
August meeting where

650
00:14:15,764 --> 00:14:16,974
we discuss this, but

651
00:14:16,974 --> 00:14:18,083
this year the schedule is

652
00:14:18,083 --> 00:14:19,460
different. Therefore, this

653
00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:19,940
issue

654
00:14:19,940 --> 00:14:20,964
is being considered at

655
00:14:20,964 --> 00:14:21,923
two September

656
00:14:21,923 --> 00:14:23,043
council meetings and

657
00:14:23,043 --> 00:14:24,167
one FFC meeting.

658
00:14:24,167 --> 00:14:25,026
So, you have this

659
00:14:25,026 --> 00:14:25,732
meeting to

660
00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:26,591
learn about

661
00:14:26,591 --> 00:14:28,675
capital investments.

662
00:14:28,675 --> 00:14:29,978
Then there will be an FFC meeting

663
00:14:29,978 --> 00:14:31,248
where we will discuss this in a

664
00:14:31,248 --> 00:14:32,486
more narrow circle

665
00:14:32,486 --> 00:14:33,692
and then come back

666
00:14:33,692 --> 00:14:34,865
to it at the second

667
00:14:34,865 --> 00:14:35,875
council meeting in

668
00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:38,121
September. At that point

669
00:14:38,121 --> 00:14:39,161
we will have to

670
00:14:39,161 --> 00:14:42,724
push this further. This is a

671
00:14:42,724 --> 00:14:43,832
list of facilities, and

672
00:14:43,832 --> 00:14:45,320
traditionally every year—and the

673
00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:46,396
capital investment plan is

674
00:14:46,396 --> 00:14:46,935
usually

675
00:14:46,935 --> 00:14:48,201
designed for five

676
00:14:48,201 --> 00:14:49,404
years—there are many projects happening within this

677
00:14:49,404 --> 00:14:51,462
plan

678
00:14:51,493 --> 00:14:52,507
over a period of

679
00:14:52,507 --> 00:14:55,977
time. We must

680
00:14:55,977 --> 00:14:57,154
logically align these

681
00:14:57,154 --> 00:14:57,726
projects with the

682
00:14:57,726 --> 00:14:58,458
financial

683
00:14:58,458 --> 00:14:59,253
capabilities of

684
00:14:59,253 --> 00:15:01,416
the bonds, as well as with the

685
00:15:01,448 --> 00:15:02,442
implementation timeframe. As you

686
00:15:02,442 --> 00:15:03,138
know, we have an

687
00:15:03,138 --> 00:15:03,805
extremely

688
00:15:03,805 --> 00:15:04,965
hardworking Director

689
00:15:04,965 --> 00:15:05,428
of

690
00:15:05,428 --> 00:15:06,501
Infrastructure, but

691
00:15:06,501 --> 00:15:07,371
he can't be

692
00:15:07,371 --> 00:15:08,554
everywhere at once. So

693
00:15:08,554 --> 00:15:09,163
even

694
00:15:09,163 --> 00:15:10,381
project management

695
00:15:10,381 --> 00:15:11,539
requires certain boundaries,

696
00:15:11,539 --> 00:15:12,514
consistency, and a

697
00:15:12,514 --> 00:15:15,561
schedule. You will notice

698
00:15:15,561 --> 00:15:16,799
that new requests are added each year

699
00:15:16,799 --> 00:15:18,103
, but they

700
00:15:18,103 --> 00:15:18,772
are part of an

701
00:15:18,772 --> 00:15:19,475
overall

702
00:15:19,475 --> 00:15:25,078
five-year plan. The

703
00:15:25,078 --> 00:15:26,375
yellow sheet here is the

704
00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:27,023
general

705
00:15:27,023 --> 00:15:28,389
five-year plan, and that's

706
00:15:28,389 --> 00:15:32,066
all that was asked.

707
00:15:32,066 --> 00:15:33,445
Then, in a color that

708
00:15:33,445 --> 00:15:34,436
, I don't know, is somehow

709
00:15:34,436 --> 00:15:35,816
greenish-blue

710
00:15:35,816 --> 00:15:37,864
. These are the requests from the

711
00:15:39,090 --> 00:15:40,283
September 8th Board of Education meeting that we are

712
00:15:40,283 --> 00:15:41,819
talking about now. And there's also

713
00:15:41,819 --> 00:15:45,108
WOAS, which stands for "

714
00:15:45,108 --> 00:15:46,927
when opportunity arises." These are the ones that

715
00:15:46,927 --> 00:15:48,254
have been postponed indefinitely

716
00:15:48,254 --> 00:15:49,971
.

717
00:15:49,971 --> 00:15:51,253
They were once asked,

718
00:15:51,253 --> 00:15:52,504
but the city council

719
00:15:52,504 --> 00:15:53,594
never allocated funds for them

720
00:15:53,594 --> 00:15:54,299
through

721
00:15:54,299 --> 00:15:55,590
bonds. Therefore, they

722
00:15:55,590 --> 00:15:56,285
were placed in

723
00:15:56,285 --> 00:15:57,234
the "when

724
00:15:57,234 --> 00:15:58,435
the opportunity arises

725
00:15:58,435 --> 00:15:59,426
" category. So, in this

726
00:15:59,426 --> 00:16:00,445
document, there are a number of

727
00:16:00,445 --> 00:16:01,125
links and

728
00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:02,979
information about what the

729
00:16:03,010 --> 00:16:03,967
five-year plan is

730
00:16:03,967 --> 00:16:05,111
now, as well as what is

731
00:16:05,111 --> 00:16:06,161
recommended for

732
00:16:06,161 --> 00:16:08,750
this year. One last thing I

733
00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:09,963
want to point out

734
00:16:09,963 --> 00:16:11,080
: if you

735
00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,229
go to the website,

736
00:16:12,229 --> 00:16:13,474
go to the

737
00:16:13,474 --> 00:16:14,496
superintendent section,

738
00:16:14,496 --> 00:16:15,773
click on

739
00:16:15,805 --> 00:16:16,794
Superintendent

740
00:16:16,794 --> 00:16:18,007
Will's page, and go to the

741
00:16:18,007 --> 00:16:19,093
capital

742
00:16:19,093 --> 00:16:20,370
investment plan, you will see

743
00:16:20,370 --> 00:16:21,359
all the documents from

744
00:16:21,359 --> 00:16:24,733
previous years. So you

745
00:16:24,733 --> 00:16:25,903
can see how

746
00:16:25,903 --> 00:16:27,139
this five-year plan

747
00:16:27,139 --> 00:16:28,374
evolved over

748
00:16:28,374 --> 00:16:30,002
several iterations.

749
00:16:30,002 --> 00:16:33,186
OK. Also, keep

750
00:16:33,186 --> 00:16:34,281
in mind that what

751
00:16:34,281 --> 00:16:35,376
lies before you

752
00:16:35,376 --> 00:16:36,637
tonight is

753
00:16:36,637 --> 00:16:37,699
not yet posted here,

754
00:16:37,699 --> 00:16:38,596
as we do not

755
00:16:38,596 --> 00:16:39,790
publish it until

756
00:16:39,790 --> 00:16:40,819
the board approves

757
00:16:40,819 --> 00:16:45,215
the document. Once

758
00:16:45,215 --> 00:16:46,281
you say it's

759
00:16:46,281 --> 00:16:47,542
okay, I'll update it with the

760
00:16:47,542 --> 00:16:48,834
approval date, and

761
00:16:48,834 --> 00:16:50,062
then this five-year

762
00:16:50,062 --> 00:16:51,225
"yellow sheet," so

763
00:16:51,225 --> 00:16:52,227
to speak... you can

764
00:16:52,227 --> 00:16:53,164
just call it that

765
00:16:53,164 --> 00:16:54,327
, will appear

766
00:16:54,327 --> 00:16:55,846
here, and all the

767
00:16:55,878 --> 00:16:57,074
capital plan documents

768
00:16:57,074 --> 00:16:58,366
that make up the request for

769
00:16:58,366 --> 00:16:59,271
that year will be

770
00:16:59,271 --> 00:17:00,531
added to this page

771
00:17:00,531 --> 00:17:03,055
. If you scroll

772
00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:04,359
down, you will see all the

773
00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,768
documents from many, years ago. And,

774
00:17:06,768 --> 00:17:07,919
you know, Mr. Zava

775
00:17:07,919 --> 00:17:08,994
does a great

776
00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:10,093
job. I'll just

777
00:17:10,093 --> 00:17:11,283
click on any one at

778
00:17:11,283 --> 00:17:13,655
random. You can

779
00:17:13,655 --> 00:17:14,835
see that there is

780
00:17:14,835 --> 00:17:15,836
information here about

781
00:17:15,836 --> 00:17:17,159
priority,

782
00:17:17,159 --> 00:17:18,517
project type, year, details,

783
00:17:18,517 --> 00:17:21,597
cost—all of that.

784
00:17:21,597 --> 00:17:22,625
Moreover, with

785
00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:23,899
images. This is

786
00:17:23,899 --> 00:17:25,343
just an example

787
00:17:25,343 --> 00:17:26,451
I chose. If you

788
00:17:26,451 --> 00:17:27,607
want to see

789
00:17:27,607 --> 00:17:28,865
something from the past, that's

790
00:17:28,865 --> 00:17:29,919
one thing, but if you're

791
00:17:29,919 --> 00:17:31,178
looking for what's before

792
00:17:31,178 --> 00:17:32,470
us today, what

793
00:17:32,470 --> 00:17:33,762
we're being presented with and what

794
00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:34,782
we hope to

795
00:17:34,782 --> 00:17:36,040
convey to the city, this is

796
00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,062
it. So, Mr. Stav is

797
00:17:38,062 --> 00:17:39,412
here. I'll just quickly

798
00:17:39,412 --> 00:17:40,795
read this list.

799
00:17:40,795 --> 00:17:42,016
These are all links that

800
00:17:42,016 --> 00:17:43,175
can be activated and

801
00:17:43,175 --> 00:17:44,114
opened so you

802
00:17:44,114 --> 00:17:44,960
can see them too

803
00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,221
. They

804
00:17:46,221 --> 00:17:46,786
will also be on the

805
00:17:46,786 --> 00:17:48,011
dashboard

806
00:17:48,011 --> 00:17:49,866
. They can also

807
00:17:49,866 --> 00:17:50,997
be accessed via the

808
00:17:50,997 --> 00:17:52,691
link below. And

809
00:17:52,691 --> 00:17:53,793
this is also in the package of

810
00:17:53,793 --> 00:17:55,059
documents for the council.

811
00:17:55,059 --> 00:17:56,250
I hope if you have it

812
00:17:56,250 --> 00:17:57,316
you can

813
00:17:57,316 --> 00:17:58,633
access it. So

814
00:17:58,633 --> 00:17:59,775
, we have projects for

815
00:17:59,775 --> 00:18:01,124
laying the coating in

816
00:18:01,124 --> 00:18:03,121
TMS in phases. These are phases one,

817
00:18:03,121 --> 00:18:05,780
two and three,

818
00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:07,244
council office roof replacement, kitchen stove,

819
00:18:07,244 --> 00:18:08,477
replacement of external

820
00:18:08,477 --> 00:18:09,710
benches at THS, replacement of

821
00:18:09,710 --> 00:18:11,252
external doors at THS,

822
00:18:11,252 --> 00:18:12,678
energy

823
00:18:12,678 --> 00:18:14,219
and technology,

824
00:18:14,219 --> 00:18:15,568
ramp railing along

825
00:18:15,568 --> 00:18:17,032
front loading

826
00:18:17,032 --> 00:18:18,535
platform, internal

827
00:18:18,535 --> 00:18:19,344
Wi-Fi

828
00:18:19,344 --> 00:18:20,462
clock system at TIS,

829
00:18:20,462 --> 00:18:21,541
replacement of

830
00:18:21,541 --> 00:18:22,812
public address system at TIS and

831
00:18:22,812 --> 00:18:23,891
replacement of

832
00:18:23,891 --> 00:18:26,446
public address system at TMS. And

833
00:18:26,446 --> 00:18:27,675
they are also accompanied by

834
00:18:27,675 --> 00:18:28,905
corresponding sheets with

835
00:18:28,905 --> 00:18:30,393
descriptions. So, I am

836
00:18:30,393 --> 00:18:31,556
ready to answer

837
00:18:31,556 --> 00:18:32,815
any questions

838
00:18:32,815 --> 00:18:34,106
, and Mr. Stav is also here

839
00:18:34,106 --> 00:18:35,043
to help with

840
00:18:35,043 --> 00:18:36,777
explanations. You will also

841
00:18:36,777 --> 00:18:37,892
see on the right the

842
00:18:37,892 --> 00:18:38,614
year the

843
00:18:38,614 --> 00:18:39,829
project is scheduled for

844
00:18:39,829 --> 00:18:40,945
and its cost in

845
00:18:40,945 --> 00:18:42,466
this table. This gives

846
00:18:42,466 --> 00:18:43,256
you a general

847
00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:44,375
idea, and details

848
00:18:44,375 --> 00:18:45,330
can be found in the

849
00:18:45,330 --> 00:18:48,722
links.

850
00:18:48,722 --> 00:18:50,048
I will intervene because there

851
00:18:50,048 --> 00:18:51,165
may be

852
00:18:51,165 --> 00:18:52,491
questions about what

853
00:18:52,491 --> 00:18:55,113
exactly I am proposing. I would

854
00:18:55,113 --> 00:18:59,418
like to add, um...

855
00:18:59,418 --> 00:19:00,659
our one-

856
00:19:00,659 --> 00:19:01,800
to-one program and any

857
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:02,336
other

858
00:19:02,336 --> 00:19:05,946
technological

859
00:19:05,946 --> 00:19:06,724
equipment to the

860
00:19:06,724 --> 00:19:09,576
capital plan.

861
00:19:09,576 --> 00:19:10,679
In short, we

862
00:19:10,679 --> 00:19:11,653
have discussed this

863
00:19:11,653 --> 00:19:12,757
over the last

864
00:19:12,757 --> 00:19:14,055
few years during

865
00:19:14,055 --> 00:19:15,867
budget periods.

866
00:19:15,867 --> 00:19:20,773
Um, our...our

867
00:19:20,773 --> 00:19:21,965
policy is outdated

868
00:19:21,965 --> 00:19:23,222
because it deals with

869
00:19:23,222 --> 00:19:24,478
time slots,

870
00:19:24,478 --> 00:19:25,413
not specific

871
00:19:25,413 --> 00:19:28,730
equipment.

872
00:19:28,730 --> 00:19:29,484
Technology

873
00:19:29,484 --> 00:19:30,510
equipment has always

874
00:19:30,510 --> 00:19:31,536
been a capital

875
00:19:31,536 --> 00:19:32,502
expense, but we

876
00:19:32,502 --> 00:19:33,709
used it

877
00:19:33,709 --> 00:19:34,373
mostly in

878
00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:35,490
computer classes and

879
00:19:35,490 --> 00:19:37,650
so on. It is obvious that

880
00:19:37,650 --> 00:19:38,171
we now

881
00:19:38,171 --> 00:19:39,117
use

882
00:19:39,117 --> 00:19:40,357
portable devices

883
00:19:40,357 --> 00:19:41,498
for many of our

884
00:19:41,498 --> 00:19:42,509
needs and the needs of

885
00:19:42,509 --> 00:19:44,055
our students. So,

886
00:19:44,055 --> 00:19:45,511
I hope our board

887
00:19:45,511 --> 00:19:46,676
will consider

888
00:19:46,676 --> 00:19:47,695
updating this

889
00:19:47,695 --> 00:19:50,547
policy. But to

890
00:19:50,547 --> 00:19:51,841
be specific, at the

891
00:19:51,841 --> 00:19:53,242
budget meeting

892
00:19:53,242 --> 00:19:54,321
last year, the

893
00:19:54,321 --> 00:19:55,723
minutes state

894
00:19:55,723 --> 00:19:57,052
that Mr. Foley explained:

895
00:19:57,052 --> 00:19:58,311
even though the technology doesn't

896
00:19:58,311 --> 00:19:59,640
last 8-10 years, it's still a

897
00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,970
capital

898
00:20:00,970 --> 00:20:02,449
expense. The city

899
00:20:02,449 --> 00:20:03,404
is incorporating technology

900
00:20:03,404 --> 00:20:04,199
into the capital

901
00:20:04,199 --> 00:20:05,180
plan, and it is ready to

902
00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:06,135
do the same for the

903
00:20:06,135 --> 00:20:07,243
Department of Education. The

904
00:20:07,243 --> 00:20:08,148
superintendent

905
00:20:08,148 --> 00:20:09,053
already has the technology in the

906
00:20:09,053 --> 00:20:10,112
capital plan.

907
00:20:10,112 --> 00:20:11,447
Mr. Foley noted.

908
00:20:11,447 --> 00:20:12,406
The plan is flexible and

909
00:20:12,406 --> 00:20:13,583
items in it can

910
00:20:13,583 --> 00:20:14,797
be changed. Mr. Naran

911
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:16,782
reviewed the

912
00:20:16,811 --> 00:20:17,745
Office of the State

913
00:20:17,745 --> 00:20:18,621
Comptroller's Property Control Guide for

914
00:20:18,621 --> 00:20:19,817
large-scale

915
00:20:19,847 --> 00:20:20,733
technology purchases. These are

916
00:20:20,733 --> 00:20:22,012
acceptable expenses.

917
00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:22,759
However, he noted

918
00:20:22,759 --> 00:20:23,402
that the council may

919
00:20:23,402 --> 00:20:23,838
have to

920
00:20:23,838 --> 00:20:24,585
consider

921
00:20:24,585 --> 00:20:25,332
extending the life of

922
00:20:25,332 --> 00:20:26,120
some

923
00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:26,763
technologies if

924
00:20:26,763 --> 00:20:27,427
the city agrees to

925
00:20:27,427 --> 00:20:27,988
include them in the

926
00:20:27,988 --> 00:20:28,835
capital plan.

927
00:20:28,835 --> 00:20:29,995
As Bill reminded me

928
00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:30,788
earlier, we've already

929
00:20:30,788 --> 00:20:31,887
postponed upgrading

930
00:20:31,887 --> 00:20:33,142
our Chromebooks for a year. We

931
00:20:33,142 --> 00:20:34,188
could certainly

932
00:20:34,188 --> 00:20:35,293
discuss whether it's possible to

933
00:20:35,293 --> 00:20:36,397
postpone

934
00:20:36,397 --> 00:20:38,859
laptop upgrades for a year. But

935
00:20:38,859 --> 00:20:39,974
I think, aside from the

936
00:20:39,974 --> 00:20:41,019
lifespan issue

937
00:20:41,019 --> 00:20:43,933
, it's appropriate.

938
00:20:43,933 --> 00:20:45,270
So I would like to see that

939
00:20:45,270 --> 00:20:48,241
added. I would also

940
00:20:48,241 --> 00:20:49,460
like, as we

941
00:20:49,460 --> 00:20:50,679
discussed publicly during the

942
00:20:50,679 --> 00:20:51,867
budget debate

943
00:20:51,867 --> 00:20:52,899
a couple of years ago, I

944
00:20:52,899 --> 00:20:54,055
actually requested a

945
00:20:54,055 --> 00:20:54,868
second joint

946
00:20:54,868 --> 00:20:55,962
meeting with the last

947
00:20:55,962 --> 00:20:57,118
city council after a

948
00:20:57,118 --> 00:20:57,712
failed

949
00:20:57,712 --> 00:20:58,713
referendum, or

950
00:20:58,713 --> 00:20:59,901
maybe even two

951
00:20:59,901 --> 00:21:00,432
failed

952
00:21:00,432 --> 00:21:01,682
referendums, when we

953
00:21:01,682 --> 00:21:02,901
found ourselves in a difficult

954
00:21:02,901 --> 00:21:03,933
situation, forced

955
00:21:03,933 --> 00:21:04,808
to cut even

956
00:21:04,808 --> 00:21:07,996
more staff. So

957
00:21:07,996 --> 00:21:08,879
we met with the

958
00:21:08,879 --> 00:21:09,915
city council to

959
00:21:09,915 --> 00:21:11,134
see if

960
00:21:11,134 --> 00:21:12,353
they could help us with

961
00:21:12,353 --> 00:21:14,363
funding. We

962
00:21:14,363 --> 00:21:15,473
thought that asking to

963
00:21:15,473 --> 00:21:16,459
make the technical

964
00:21:16,459 --> 00:21:17,692
costs capitalized

965
00:21:17,692 --> 00:21:18,895
at that time might be an

966
00:21:18,895 --> 00:21:20,097
acceptable option

967
00:21:20,097 --> 00:21:21,084
, and also taking on

968
00:21:21,084 --> 00:21:22,194
security would be

969
00:21:22,194 --> 00:21:23,396
acceptable, as

970
00:21:23,396 --> 00:21:24,475
both of these options

971
00:21:24,475 --> 00:21:25,277
are practiced in

972
00:21:25,277 --> 00:21:26,140
many other

973
00:21:26,140 --> 00:21:28,127
counties and businesses.

974
00:21:28,127 --> 00:21:31,307
This was not possible,

975
00:21:31,307 --> 00:21:32,703
probably due to the deadlines

976
00:21:32,703 --> 00:21:33,937
at that time. Then we

977
00:21:33,937 --> 00:21:34,996
asked if

978
00:21:34,996 --> 00:21:36,085
we could get help

979
00:21:36,085 --> 00:21:37,204
from the general fund,

980
00:21:37,204 --> 00:21:40,458
but we were denied.

981
00:21:40,458 --> 00:21:41,878
So, we agreed that

982
00:21:41,878 --> 00:21:43,259
we had a

983
00:21:43,259 --> 00:21:44,680
capital cost

984
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,140
for repairs, to replace the

985
00:21:46,140 --> 00:21:47,718
seats in the

986
00:21:47,718 --> 00:21:52,462
TMS auditorium for $188,000. We

987
00:21:52,462 --> 00:21:53,832
said we would take it

988
00:21:53,832 --> 00:21:56,251
upon ourselves. We will

989
00:21:56,251 --> 00:21:57,608
put this in our ERF,

990
00:21:57,608 --> 00:21:59,000
that is, our reserve

991
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,043
fund, and take it

992
00:22:00,043 --> 00:22:01,400
from there as soon as that

993
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,096
fund is available

994
00:22:04,096 --> 00:22:04,883
as soon as it

995
00:22:04,883 --> 00:22:07,686
happens. Yes.

996
00:22:07,686 --> 00:22:08,745
Once this fund

997
00:22:08,745 --> 00:22:09,840
is renewed, and it

998
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,264
is formed from the annual

999
00:22:11,264 --> 00:22:12,359
surplus, and if

1000
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:13,783
the city allocates 188

1001
00:22:13,783 --> 00:22:15,170
thousand for technology,

1002
00:22:15,170 --> 00:22:16,448
then this is what they

1003
00:22:16,448 --> 00:22:19,924
agreed to. However,

1004
00:22:19,924 --> 00:22:20,973
given that we

1005
00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:22,252
had a deeper discussion

1006
00:22:22,252 --> 00:22:23,531
about technology

1007
00:22:23,531 --> 00:22:24,285
being in the

1008
00:22:24,285 --> 00:22:25,597
capital plan, and

1009
00:22:25,597 --> 00:22:26,875
we have a city

1010
00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:28,056
council record saying

1011
00:22:28,056 --> 00:22:28,908
it should be...I

1012
00:22:28,908 --> 00:22:30,121
really think that this

1013
00:22:30,121 --> 00:22:31,269
should not have been

1014
00:22:31,269 --> 00:22:36,168
an agreement

1015
00:22:36,168 --> 00:22:37,347
that was agreed to in the first

1016
00:22:37,347 --> 00:22:38,865
place. We

1017
00:22:38,865 --> 00:22:40,036
did it as a council

1018
00:22:40,036 --> 00:22:41,340
because we had to,

1019
00:22:41,340 --> 00:22:42,678
it was the only thing the council

1020
00:22:42,678 --> 00:22:44,050
was willing to give us.

1021
00:22:44,050 --> 00:22:44,968
It was the best

1022
00:22:44,968 --> 00:22:46,123
decision we could have

1023
00:22:46,123 --> 00:22:47,387
made at the time. I

1024
00:22:47,387 --> 00:22:48,651
wish...we couldn't

1025
00:22:48,651 --> 00:22:49,624
do the seating

1026
00:22:49,624 --> 00:22:50,758
this summer because

1027
00:22:50,758 --> 00:22:51,893
the company couldn't

1028
00:22:51,893 --> 00:22:53,407
do it. We didn't

1029
00:22:53,407 --> 00:22:54,775
spend this money. I would

1030
00:22:54,775 --> 00:22:55,563
like the city to

1031
00:22:55,563 --> 00:22:56,487
consider

1032
00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:57,343
putting this back into the

1033
00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:58,254
capital plan.

1034
00:22:58,254 --> 00:22:59,041
These are capital

1035
00:22:59,041 --> 00:23:00,162
expenditures. I believe

1036
00:23:00,162 --> 00:23:00,960
both of these items

1037
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:01,475
should be

1038
00:23:01,475 --> 00:23:02,119
capital

1039
00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:03,186
expenditures. So, I would

1040
00:23:03,186 --> 00:23:04,400
like them to be

1041
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,629
added to the

1042
00:23:07,629 --> 00:23:08,915
capital plan request.

1043
00:23:08,915 --> 00:23:09,739
So you want to

1044
00:23:09,739 --> 00:23:10,769
include

1045
00:23:10,769 --> 00:23:11,299
TMS auditorium seating and

1046
00:23:11,299 --> 00:23:12,447
technology positions

1047
00:23:12,447 --> 00:23:13,388
, specifically educational

1048
00:23:13,388 --> 00:23:14,536
technology positions

1049
00:23:14,536 --> 00:23:15,537
, like phones and

1050
00:23:15,537 --> 00:23:16,508
laptops, as well as,

1051
00:23:16,508 --> 00:23:17,480
you know,

1052
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,304
desktops that are

1053
00:23:18,304 --> 00:23:19,305
needed, any

1054
00:23:19,305 --> 00:23:20,453
equipment; I understand

1055
00:23:20,453 --> 00:23:21,924
that software is

1056
00:23:21,954 --> 00:23:22,601
not typically

1057
00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:23,219
considered

1058
00:23:23,219 --> 00:23:23,955
capital

1059
00:23:23,955 --> 00:23:24,750
expenditure, but

1060
00:23:24,750 --> 00:23:25,486
technology

1061
00:23:25,486 --> 00:23:26,104
equipment

1062
00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:26,793
is considered

1063
00:23:26,793 --> 00:23:27,914
educational

1064
00:23:27,914 --> 00:23:28,805
technology

1065
00:23:28,805 --> 00:23:29,795
initiative devices, like

1066
00:23:29,795 --> 00:23:30,423
phones

1067
00:23:30,423 --> 00:23:31,981
yes, but also, but

1068
00:23:31,981 --> 00:23:35,280
not like, like I mean

1069
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,698
, these are

1070
00:23:36,698 --> 00:23:38,116
not typically educational things

1071
00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:39,568
. Of course. But we

1072
00:23:39,568 --> 00:23:40,810
had a

1073
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:41,875
desktop replacement that we

1074
00:23:41,875 --> 00:23:42,910
also had to

1075
00:23:42,910 --> 00:23:44,159
do. Right.

1076
00:23:44,159 --> 00:23:45,473
Yes. There aren't many of

1077
00:23:45,473 --> 00:23:46,902
them. No, these are much

1078
00:23:46,902 --> 00:23:48,328
higher costs.

1079
00:23:48,328 --> 00:23:49,372
I understand.

1080
00:23:49,372 --> 00:23:50,864
But anything that is an

1081
00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,130
equipment expense that might

1082
00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:54,173
fall under that

1083
00:23:54,173 --> 00:23:55,506
definition should be

1084
00:23:55,506 --> 00:23:56,593
there for the

1085
00:23:56,593 --> 00:23:58,348
city council to consider.

1086
00:23:58,348 --> 00:24:01,006
Good.

1087
00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:02,690
So, we are

1088
00:24:02,690 --> 00:24:04,994
any technical

1089
00:24:04,994 --> 00:24:06,361
equipment

1090
00:24:06,361 --> 00:24:07,672
that falls under this

1091
00:24:07,672 --> 00:24:10,926
definition. Uh,

1092
00:24:10,926 --> 00:24:12,164
this will be considered in the

1093
00:24:12,164 --> 00:24:13,304
FFC, and then we will also

1094
00:24:13,304 --> 00:24:14,380
have another

1095
00:24:14,380 --> 00:24:15,585
final reading in the

1096
00:24:15,585 --> 00:24:16,650
council. We are actually

1097
00:24:16,650 --> 00:24:17,781
voting to

1098
00:24:17,781 --> 00:24:19,002
refer this request to the

1099
00:24:19,002 --> 00:24:20,250
city council. So in the meantime,

1100
00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:21,108
I'll try to

1101
00:24:21,108 --> 00:24:21,936
gather more

1102
00:24:21,936 --> 00:24:23,195
information. You know

1103
00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:24,080
, I have some

1104
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,155
information, I think

1105
00:24:25,155 --> 00:24:26,041
Bristol schools

1106
00:24:26,041 --> 00:24:27,311
have included this in 2025.

1107
00:24:27,311 --> 00:24:28,207
Norwalk Schools

1108
00:24:28,207 --> 00:24:29,587
included this in 2025, uh

1109
00:24:29,587 --> 00:24:30,518
, in

1110
00:24:30,518 --> 00:24:31,608
last year's budget. I

1111
00:24:31,608 --> 00:24:32,481
gave examples of

1112
00:24:32,481 --> 00:24:33,478
several cities that have

1113
00:24:33,478 --> 00:24:34,662
incorporated technology

1114
00:24:34,662 --> 00:24:36,296
and safety. So, I'll

1115
00:24:36,296 --> 00:24:37,523
go back to that and

1116
00:24:37,523 --> 00:24:38,653
try, you know, it's

1117
00:24:38,653 --> 00:24:39,654
not easy data to

1118
00:24:39,654 --> 00:24:40,719
get from other

1119
00:24:40,719 --> 00:24:41,821
areas. Not everyone has their

1120
00:24:41,821 --> 00:24:42,916
capital budget

1121
00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:44,011
laid out perfectly

1122
00:24:44,011 --> 00:24:45,228
for viewing online,

1123
00:24:45,228 --> 00:24:46,445
but I will try to gather

1124
00:24:46,445 --> 00:24:47,479
more information

1125
00:24:47,479 --> 00:24:48,391
for discussion

1126
00:24:48,391 --> 00:24:49,487
before the vote

1127
00:24:49,487 --> 00:24:51,089
in a couple of weeks.

1128
00:24:51,089 --> 00:24:52,081
But that's all I have

1129
00:24:52,081 --> 00:24:53,499
prepared

1130
00:24:53,499 --> 00:24:55,717
for this meeting at this time.

1131
00:24:55,717 --> 00:24:57,944
Good. So, having said

1132
00:24:57,944 --> 00:24:58,734
that, do you have any

1133
00:24:58,734 --> 00:24:59,656
questions about the

1134
00:24:59,656 --> 00:25:00,940
capital

1135
00:25:00,940 --> 00:25:02,092
expenditure request for Dr.

1136
00:25:02,092 --> 00:25:03,277
Willett, Mr. Stava,

1137
00:25:03,277 --> 00:25:05,380
or anyone else?

1138
00:25:05,380 --> 00:25:06,585
And these links

1139
00:25:06,585 --> 00:25:07,188
are also on your

1140
00:25:07,188 --> 00:25:08,426
dashboard

1141
00:25:08,426 --> 00:25:10,978
. Question.

1142
00:25:10,978 --> 00:25:14,755
It seems like, uh,

1143
00:25:14,755 --> 00:25:15,958
every time I

1144
00:25:15,958 --> 00:25:17,522
look at it every year,

1145
00:25:17,522 --> 00:25:18,685
TMS is always a year

1146
00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:22,535
ahead. I wonder

1147
00:25:22,535 --> 00:25:24,214
why

1148
00:25:24,214 --> 00:25:25,905
Mantra is ready. The main trap

1149
00:25:25,905 --> 00:25:26,724
is ready,

1150
00:25:26,724 --> 00:25:27,726
except for some

1151
00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:28,585
furniture that is a little

1152
00:25:28,585 --> 00:25:29,530
late but

1153
00:25:29,530 --> 00:25:30,375
should arrive.

1154
00:25:30,375 --> 00:25:31,727
So, there is a main trap.

1155
00:25:31,727 --> 00:25:32,712
It's done.

1156
00:25:32,712 --> 00:25:33,095
Yes.

1157
00:25:33,095 --> 00:25:34,095
So it really should be

1158
00:25:34,095 --> 00:25:35,386
removed

1159
00:25:35,386 --> 00:25:36,645
from fiscal year 2027

1160
00:25:36,645 --> 00:25:38,946
.

1161
00:25:38,946 --> 00:25:39,618
Uh, there is one

1162
00:25:39,618 --> 00:25:40,998
unpaid invoice

1163
00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:42,342
that the contractor hasn't

1164
00:25:42,342 --> 00:25:43,090
submitted yet.

1165
00:25:43,090 --> 00:25:46,668
So this is it this

1166
00:25:46,668 --> 00:25:47,547
year.

1167
00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:48,178
Good.

1168
00:25:48,178 --> 00:25:48,580
Yes.

1169
00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:49,696
So it's essentially

1170
00:25:49,696 --> 00:25:50,474
done.

1171
00:25:50,474 --> 00:25:51,540
We are in this. That's

1172
00:25:51,540 --> 00:25:52,412
right.

1173
00:25:52,412 --> 00:25:54,080
Yes. Because you are already 27

1174
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,301
now. Yes, on the

1175
00:25:55,301 --> 00:25:56,507
26th I leave the past

1176
00:25:56,507 --> 00:25:57,811
there just so

1177
00:25:57,811 --> 00:25:59,150
you can see it.

1178
00:25:59,150 --> 00:26:00,473
But we, the technology,

1179
00:26:00,473 --> 00:26:01,682
you know, everything you

1180
00:26:01,682 --> 00:26:02,627
see in the 27th is

1181
00:26:02,627 --> 00:26:03,635
happening

1182
00:26:03,635 --> 00:26:04,278
or is being

1183
00:26:04,278 --> 00:26:06,459
completed now.

1184
00:26:06,459 --> 00:26:07,040
Good.

1185
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,866
So then if that's the case

1186
00:26:10,866 --> 00:26:11,922
, what's the

1187
00:26:11,922 --> 00:26:13,013
delay with the

1188
00:26:13,013 --> 00:26:14,969
high school roof? Because

1189
00:26:14,969 --> 00:26:15,793
it hasn't been

1190
00:26:15,793 --> 00:26:16,749
done yet.

1191
00:26:16,749 --> 00:26:20,719
Referendum question

1192
00:26:20,719 --> 00:26:20,860
.

1193
00:26:20,860 --> 00:26:21,973
I believe there are city

1194
00:26:21,973 --> 00:26:22,959
hearings on this

1195
00:26:22,959 --> 00:26:24,008
. Was that last

1196
00:26:24,008 --> 00:26:24,983
night?

1197
00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:26,048
No, that's not true.

1198
00:26:26,048 --> 00:26:27,009
That was about

1199
00:26:27,009 --> 00:26:28,107
a week ago. They

1200
00:26:28,107 --> 00:26:29,182
had hearings there about

1201
00:26:29,182 --> 00:26:30,059
this.

1202
00:26:30,059 --> 00:26:31,205
Yes, they should

1203
00:26:31,205 --> 00:26:32,196
do that before

1204
00:26:32,196 --> 00:26:33,033
putting it to a

1205
00:26:33,033 --> 00:26:34,286
referendum. That's

1206
00:26:34,286 --> 00:26:36,148
all. I'm done.

1207
00:26:36,148 --> 00:26:37,777
Good. Anyone else? Oh,

1208
00:26:37,777 --> 00:26:41,736
Mackenzie, I'm sorry.

1209
00:26:41,736 --> 00:26:46,209
Yes, thank you, Jen. Uh, I

1210
00:26:46,209 --> 00:26:47,411
just wanted to, uh,

1211
00:26:47,411 --> 00:26:48,763
say that I think

1212
00:26:48,763 --> 00:26:50,002
that, uh, it's really

1213
00:26:50,002 --> 00:26:51,317
after our conversations

1214
00:26:51,317 --> 00:26:52,631
during budget

1215
00:26:52,631 --> 00:26:53,533
season that we

1216
00:26:53,533 --> 00:26:54,810
make sure that all the

1217
00:26:54,810 --> 00:26:56,237
technical equipment

1218
00:26:56,237 --> 00:27:01,167
is on that list. Me, I

1219
00:27:01,167 --> 00:27:02,058
also support

1220
00:27:02,058 --> 00:27:02,914
the need

1221
00:27:02,914 --> 00:27:04,249
to include this here so that

1222
00:27:04,249 --> 00:27:05,345
it doesn't go

1223
00:27:05,345 --> 00:27:06,099
beyond our

1224
00:27:06,099 --> 00:27:07,434
operating budget

1225
00:27:07,434 --> 00:27:11,416
. Um, and I also agree

1226
00:27:11,416 --> 00:27:12,491
about the

1227
00:27:12,491 --> 00:27:15,952
high school audience. I, I

1228
00:27:15,952 --> 00:27:17,330
know I wasn't

1229
00:27:17,330 --> 00:27:18,129
on the council when

1230
00:27:18,129 --> 00:27:19,399
some of

1231
00:27:19,399 --> 00:27:24,134
these deals were made. Um, I think

1232
00:27:24,134 --> 00:27:25,287
the situation with this and the

1233
00:27:25,287 --> 00:27:26,309
transition to another

1234
00:27:26,309 --> 00:27:27,528
budget year gives

1235
00:27:27,528 --> 00:27:28,450
us an opportunity

1236
00:27:28,450 --> 00:27:29,406
to discuss this with the

1237
00:27:29,406 --> 00:27:30,592
city council, and I would

1238
00:27:30,592 --> 00:27:31,778
like to bring it up for

1239
00:27:31,778 --> 00:27:37,777
their consideration.

1240
00:27:37,777 --> 00:27:39,021
Mackenzie, does anyone else

1241
00:27:39,021 --> 00:27:41,712
want to speak? J.

1242
00:27:41,712 --> 00:27:43,348
Hmm, I think I agree with

1243
00:27:43,348 --> 00:27:44,259
you. Hmm, this

1244
00:27:44,259 --> 00:27:45,533
feels very

1245
00:27:45,533 --> 00:27:46,551
fresh. It's like this

1246
00:27:46,551 --> 00:27:47,780
conversation feels

1247
00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:48,675
very fresh. And

1248
00:27:48,675 --> 00:27:49,739
maybe it's because

1249
00:27:49,739 --> 00:27:50,568
it was when, in

1250
00:27:50,568 --> 00:27:51,544
April, or when we were

1251
00:27:51,544 --> 00:27:52,413
talking about...

1252
00:27:52,413 --> 00:27:53,908
Yes, it was in April.

1253
00:27:53,908 --> 00:27:56,314
Yes. My position on

1254
00:27:56,314 --> 00:27:57,616
this has not changed in

1255
00:27:57,616 --> 00:28:02,017
either respect. If

1256
00:28:02,017 --> 00:28:03,316
we can, firstly, from the

1257
00:28:03,316 --> 00:28:03,982
perspective of

1258
00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:05,247
precedents, when this

1259
00:28:05,247 --> 00:28:06,379
was capital

1260
00:28:06,379 --> 00:28:07,411
expenditures by the

1261
00:28:07,411 --> 00:28:08,710
city in other districts

1262
00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:12,173
, other regions, etc.

1263
00:28:12,173 --> 00:28:15,092
There is such an aspect. If

1264
00:28:15,092 --> 00:28:16,395
there is a precedent and it makes sense for us

1265
00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:17,598
to move to

1266
00:28:17,598 --> 00:28:18,800
this model, I see no

1267
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:19,903
reason why we

1268
00:28:19,903 --> 00:28:22,321
shouldn't do it.

1269
00:28:22,321 --> 00:28:23,298
Um, a big burden

1270
00:28:23,298 --> 00:28:24,398
all the time, I was talking

1271
00:28:24,398 --> 00:28:25,437
about unscheduled

1272
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,659
maintenance before the

1273
00:28:26,659 --> 00:28:28,000
meeting. It's like a

1274
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,117
domino effect: what the

1275
00:28:29,117 --> 00:28:31,385
city council doesn't do,

1276
00:28:31,417 --> 00:28:33,387
we have to do. And who, who

1277
00:28:33,387 --> 00:28:34,753
gets blamed

1278
00:28:34,753 --> 00:28:36,120
for rising costs and

1279
00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:37,400
all that? I

1280
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:38,946
mean, it's constant. And that's why

1281
00:28:38,946 --> 00:28:39,940
, you know, the

1282
00:28:39,940 --> 00:28:41,241
board of

1283
00:28:41,241 --> 00:28:42,611
education budget is so high

1284
00:28:42,611 --> 00:28:43,810
because, well, if you

1285
00:28:43,810 --> 00:28:44,872
cut seats,

1286
00:28:44,872 --> 00:28:46,208
cut technology

1287
00:28:46,208 --> 00:28:47,201
, a lot of things are going to be

1288
00:28:47,201 --> 00:28:49,737
cut. So the

1289
00:28:49,737 --> 00:28:50,956
overall impact, I

1290
00:28:50,956 --> 00:28:52,006
think, would be

1291
00:28:52,006 --> 00:28:53,157
less if the city

1292
00:28:53,157 --> 00:28:54,038
somehow

1293
00:28:54,038 --> 00:28:54,817
mathematically

1294
00:28:54,817 --> 00:28:56,171
coordinated the way it

1295
00:28:56,171 --> 00:28:57,526
did what

1296
00:28:57,526 --> 00:28:58,271
I think is the

1297
00:28:58,271 --> 00:29:00,779
city's responsibility. Um,

1298
00:29:00,779 --> 00:29:02,084
so there's that aspect, but

1299
00:29:02,084 --> 00:29:03,353
there's also the safety aspect,

1300
00:29:03,353 --> 00:29:04,726
right, combined

1301
00:29:04,726 --> 00:29:06,099
with technical safety,

1302
00:29:06,099 --> 00:29:07,026
keeping

1303
00:29:07,026 --> 00:29:08,296
our children safe, and

1304
00:29:08,296 --> 00:29:09,376
so on. It

1305
00:29:09,376 --> 00:29:10,528
seems so

1306
00:29:10,528 --> 00:29:11,584
obvious to me that I don't

1307
00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:12,736
understand why the city

1308
00:29:12,736 --> 00:29:13,856
doesn't want to take it on

1309
00:29:13,856 --> 00:29:16,026
. This is obvious to me

1310
00:29:16,026 --> 00:29:17,197
, and it is something the

1311
00:29:17,197 --> 00:29:17,966
council should

1312
00:29:17,966 --> 00:29:19,204
address to the city

1313
00:29:19,204 --> 00:29:20,476
year after year until it

1314
00:29:20,476 --> 00:29:22,521
becomes a reality.

1315
00:29:22,521 --> 00:29:23,730
The same goes for

1316
00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:25,049
technology. I work

1317
00:29:25,049 --> 00:29:26,115
with fifth and

1318
00:29:26,115 --> 00:29:27,109
sixth grade students.

1319
00:29:27,109 --> 00:29:28,120
As I gain more

1320
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,384
experience in this area, I am

1321
00:29:29,384 --> 00:29:30,395
beginning to understand

1322
00:29:30,395 --> 00:29:31,502
people's positions on the

1323
00:29:31,502 --> 00:29:32,734
need for

1324
00:29:32,734 --> 00:29:33,950
less technology. I

1325
00:29:33,950 --> 00:29:34,959
understand where

1326
00:29:34,959 --> 00:29:35,864
such

1327
00:29:35,864 --> 00:29:37,742
views come from. At the same time, I'm

1328
00:29:37,742 --> 00:29:38,525
putting my

1329
00:29:38,525 --> 00:29:39,602
students or

1330
00:29:39,602 --> 00:29:40,679
any of these kids at a

1331
00:29:40,679 --> 00:29:41,658
huge

1332
00:29:41,658 --> 00:29:42,767
disadvantage if I don't

1333
00:29:42,767 --> 00:29:43,942
offer at least

1334
00:29:43,942 --> 00:29:46,357
some of the resources to keep up

1335
00:29:46,390 --> 00:29:47,206
with Coventry,

1336
00:29:47,206 --> 00:29:48,380
Ellington, you know,

1337
00:29:48,380 --> 00:29:49,490
Hartford, or

1338
00:29:49,490 --> 00:29:50,567
whoever is right next to

1339
00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:52,832
us. So, again

1340
00:29:52,832 --> 00:29:54,101
, there are two

1341
00:29:54,101 --> 00:29:55,306
factors at play here. First,

1342
00:29:55,306 --> 00:29:56,528
there is precedent, and I

1343
00:29:56,528 --> 00:29:57,552
know I've said this a

1344
00:29:57,552 --> 00:29:58,443
million times,

1345
00:29:58,443 --> 00:29:59,566
precedent for

1346
00:29:59,566 --> 00:30:00,788
cities covering these

1347
00:30:00,788 --> 00:30:02,227
costs. Then there's the

1348
00:30:02,227 --> 00:30:03,663
other aspect: "Why do

1349
00:30:03,663 --> 00:30:05,137
n't we do this for

1350
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:06,808
kids in the 21st century?"

1351
00:30:06,808 --> 00:30:08,063
Especially in 2026,

1352
00:30:08,063 --> 00:30:09,318
when they

1353
00:30:09,318 --> 00:30:10,538
question everything—whether

1354
00:30:10,538 --> 00:30:11,793
it's worth doing is

1355
00:30:11,793 --> 00:30:13,048
another story—but

1356
00:30:13,048 --> 00:30:14,232
they

1357
00:30:14,232 --> 00:30:15,308
question everything, they

1358
00:30:15,308 --> 00:30:16,671
want to know more, they

1359
00:30:16,671 --> 00:30:17,854
want to be able to

1360
00:30:17,854 --> 00:30:19,589
do more, etc.

1361
00:30:19,589 --> 00:30:20,932
So I think I agree

1362
00:30:20,932 --> 00:30:22,006
with you, Jim, my

1363
00:30:22,006 --> 00:30:22,980
position on this

1364
00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:24,290
hasn't changed

1365
00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:25,566
since April, and I don't see

1366
00:30:25,566 --> 00:30:26,842
it necessarily

1367
00:30:26,842 --> 00:30:27,849
changing, but I'm

1368
00:30:27,849 --> 00:30:29,024
open to new

1369
00:30:29,024 --> 00:30:29,928
information. I am

1370
00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:30,718
open to

1371
00:30:30,718 --> 00:30:31,410
additional

1372
00:30:31,410 --> 00:30:32,332
information from

1373
00:30:32,332 --> 00:30:33,616
anyone who can

1374
00:30:33,616 --> 00:30:36,599
provide it to us. I will be happy to

1375
00:30:36,599 --> 00:30:38,052
listen. But

1376
00:30:38,052 --> 00:30:39,267
okay, thank you.

1377
00:30:39,267 --> 00:30:40,908
That's what I was saying,

1378
00:30:40,908 --> 00:30:42,084
you're welcome, JP,

1379
00:30:42,084 --> 00:30:42,869
if you have any

1380
00:30:42,869 --> 00:30:44,260
questions before I

1381
00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:47,186
go to round two.

1382
00:30:47,186 --> 00:30:48,268
Okay, Mackenzie,

1383
00:30:48,268 --> 00:30:49,283
your hand is still

1384
00:30:49,283 --> 00:30:50,346
up. Is this the second

1385
00:30:50,346 --> 00:30:51,029
question or is it

1386
00:30:51,029 --> 00:30:51,713
left over from the

1387
00:30:51,713 --> 00:30:52,781
previous one?

1388
00:30:52,781 --> 00:30:54,103
No, it's because of not knowing how

1389
00:30:54,103 --> 00:30:56,044
to use Zoom.

1390
00:30:56,044 --> 00:30:56,702
You're

1391
00:30:56,702 --> 00:30:57,653
doing great,

1392
00:30:57,653 --> 00:31:00,222
Mackenzie. You are here.

1393
00:31:00,222 --> 00:31:01,774
OK. Uh, does

1394
00:31:01,774 --> 00:31:06,214
anyone have anything else?

1395
00:31:06,214 --> 00:31:07,582
I know when Jen

1396
00:31:07,582 --> 00:31:08,176
does it,

1397
00:31:08,176 --> 00:31:10,467
God. Just

1398
00:31:10,467 --> 00:31:12,293
remember,

1399
00:31:12,293 --> 00:31:13,578
we're not voting on any of

1400
00:31:13,578 --> 00:31:14,717
this. No.

1401
00:31:14,717 --> 00:31:15,721
So, you know, it will be

1402
00:31:15,721 --> 00:31:16,447
at the next

1403
00:31:16,447 --> 00:31:17,173
meeting or so

1404
00:31:17,173 --> 00:31:18,262
when we

1405
00:31:18,262 --> 00:31:18,932
discuss and

1406
00:31:18,932 --> 00:31:19,730
vote.

1407
00:31:19,730 --> 00:31:21,062
Right. So, this is not the

1408
00:31:21,062 --> 00:31:22,070
only opportunity

1409
00:31:22,070 --> 00:31:23,267
to discuss anything on

1410
00:31:23,267 --> 00:31:24,123
this list.

1411
00:31:24,123 --> 00:31:25,487
No. And I think that's

1412
00:31:25,487 --> 00:31:26,737
helpful because there are

1413
00:31:26,737 --> 00:31:27,987
a lot of points here that

1414
00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:28,967
you think, I

1415
00:31:28,967 --> 00:31:29,981
feel, we've already

1416
00:31:29,981 --> 00:31:31,586
seen

1417
00:31:31,586 --> 00:31:33,710
rehashed. But to

1418
00:31:33,710 --> 00:31:35,139
Mr. Sava's words about us

1419
00:31:35,139 --> 00:31:36,013
now being in

1420
00:31:36,013 --> 00:31:37,561
fiscal year 27, right

1421
00:31:37,561 --> 00:31:38,829
? So I'm trying to

1422
00:31:38,829 --> 00:31:40,068
adapt, even

1423
00:31:40,068 --> 00:31:41,274
in my job, I'm still

1424
00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:42,036
trying

1425
00:31:42,036 --> 00:31:43,116
to adjust to

1426
00:31:43,116 --> 00:31:43,878
this new

1427
00:31:43,878 --> 00:31:45,021
fiscal year, and

1428
00:31:45,021 --> 00:31:46,560
everything is new. So I

1429
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:47,551
just need to get my

1430
00:31:47,551 --> 00:31:48,542
bearings,

1431
00:31:48,542 --> 00:31:49,864
look at it again,

1432
00:31:49,864 --> 00:31:50,987
and better understand

1433
00:31:50,987 --> 00:31:52,242
where my position is on

1434
00:31:52,242 --> 00:31:54,503
this. Yes, Nick,

1435
00:31:54,503 --> 00:31:55,867
I have another question

1436
00:31:55,867 --> 00:31:57,140
while Pete is here. Yes.

1437
00:31:57,140 --> 00:31:59,142
You know, I know

1438
00:31:59,171 --> 00:31:59,857
we'll get

1439
00:31:59,857 --> 00:32:00,658
an update on

1440
00:32:00,658 --> 00:32:01,884
solar energy later in the meeting. Um,

1441
00:32:01,884 --> 00:32:03,179
but one of the things in the

1442
00:32:03,179 --> 00:32:04,544
solar plan was

1443
00:32:04,544 --> 00:32:05,769
consoles in high

1444
00:32:05,769 --> 00:32:07,652
school. And I see that

1445
00:32:07,652 --> 00:32:08,920
the asphalting of the

1446
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,329
high school is

1447
00:32:10,329 --> 00:32:12,208
scheduled for 29, 30, and

1448
00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:14,699
31. If these

1449
00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:15,580
consoles are

1450
00:32:15,580 --> 00:32:16,492
installed, will they

1451
00:32:16,492 --> 00:32:17,719
have to be done

1452
00:32:17,719 --> 00:32:18,506
earlier, before

1453
00:32:18,506 --> 00:32:22,795
paving? So, the

1454
00:32:22,795 --> 00:32:24,201
second phase, I think

1455
00:32:24,201 --> 00:32:25,529
your fiscal

1456
00:32:25,529 --> 00:32:27,052
year 30—that's the period that

1457
00:32:27,052 --> 00:32:28,067
these

1458
00:32:28,067 --> 00:32:31,956
consoles are about, sorry.

1459
00:32:31,956 --> 00:32:33,143
I made a note to the

1460
00:32:33,143 --> 00:32:33,986
request that we will

1461
00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:35,204
probably have to

1462
00:32:35,204 --> 00:32:36,423
come back to this

1463
00:32:36,423 --> 00:32:37,672
next year when

1464
00:32:37,672 --> 00:32:38,673
we

1465
00:32:38,673 --> 00:32:39,625
look at

1466
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:40,725
capital expenditures again

1467
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:41,737
to see where

1468
00:32:41,737 --> 00:32:42,570
this

1469
00:32:42,570 --> 00:32:43,641
solar project fits in, because

1470
00:32:43,641 --> 00:32:44,742
they may eventually

1471
00:32:44,742 --> 00:32:45,604
pave

1472
00:32:45,604 --> 00:32:47,642
some of this area.

1473
00:32:47,642 --> 00:32:48,900
In any case, we

1474
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:49,780
may be forced to

1475
00:32:49,780 --> 00:32:50,944
asphalt the rest,

1476
00:32:50,944 --> 00:32:51,762
as it may be

1477
00:32:51,762 --> 00:32:52,957
necessary to patch the

1478
00:32:52,957 --> 00:32:53,586
holes rather than

1479
00:32:53,586 --> 00:32:54,781
resurfacing the entire

1480
00:32:54,781 --> 00:32:59,016
surface. So you'll

1481
00:32:59,016 --> 00:32:59,699
have to

1482
00:32:59,699 --> 00:33:00,868
review that, but

1483
00:33:00,868 --> 00:33:02,167
it falls under

1484
00:33:02,167 --> 00:33:02,915
phase two, as we

1485
00:33:02,915 --> 00:33:04,117
planned, because we still

1486
00:33:04,117 --> 00:33:05,221
have to consider

1487
00:33:05,221 --> 00:33:06,358
things like summer

1488
00:33:06,358 --> 00:33:09,654
school. You still

1489
00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:10,408
need to have

1490
00:33:10,408 --> 00:33:11,632
parking spaces and

1491
00:33:11,632 --> 00:33:14,195
provide access. And

1492
00:33:14,195 --> 00:33:15,485
I just want to add

1493
00:33:15,485 --> 00:33:16,605
to what

1494
00:33:16,605 --> 00:33:17,759
Jaden said, we share

1495
00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:18,743
a lot of things with the

1496
00:33:18,743 --> 00:33:22,664
city. So if

1497
00:33:22,664 --> 00:33:23,984
you look at the first

1498
00:33:23,984 --> 00:33:25,305
phase of paving,

1499
00:33:25,305 --> 00:33:26,697
this is the access road to the

1500
00:33:26,697 --> 00:33:28,018
high school, Eagle

1501
00:33:28,018 --> 00:33:31,088
Hill, 1. Technically, it's a

1502
00:33:31,088 --> 00:33:32,412
city road. I'm

1503
00:33:32,412 --> 00:33:35,208
just pointing that out.

1504
00:33:35,208 --> 00:33:36,314
Okay, this falls

1505
00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:37,355
under our budget for

1506
00:33:37,355 --> 00:33:38,266
repairing the city

1507
00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:39,210
road, essentially,

1508
00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:40,056
because it

1509
00:33:40,056 --> 00:33:40,967
provides us with

1510
00:33:40,967 --> 00:33:44,303
access to the school. There are

1511
00:33:44,303 --> 00:33:45,328
things we

1512
00:33:45,328 --> 00:33:46,670
encounter every day, such as

1513
00:33:46,670 --> 00:33:47,871
artificial

1514
00:33:47,871 --> 00:33:49,248
turf fields, sports

1515
00:33:49,248 --> 00:33:50,555
equipment, and

1516
00:33:50,555 --> 00:33:53,676
fields and territory in general.

1517
00:33:53,676 --> 00:33:54,765
So, whether it's

1518
00:33:54,765 --> 00:33:55,950
on our side of the

1519
00:33:55,950 --> 00:33:56,912
fence or

1520
00:33:56,912 --> 00:33:58,097
theirs, it still

1521
00:33:58,097 --> 00:33:59,250
has to be done at

1522
00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:03,164
some point.

1523
00:34:03,164 --> 00:34:05,788
Thank you very much for that, Pete.

1524
00:34:05,788 --> 00:34:06,799
After all, this is one

1525
00:34:06,799 --> 00:34:07,777
city, and it's one

1526
00:34:07,777 --> 00:34:08,721
big budget of

1527
00:34:08,721 --> 00:34:09,799
taxpayer money

1528
00:34:09,799 --> 00:34:12,326
.

1529
00:34:12,326 --> 00:34:13,213
I also wanted to

1530
00:34:13,213 --> 00:34:14,597
note, looking

1531
00:34:14,597 --> 00:34:16,805
at this,

1532
00:34:16,805 --> 00:34:18,586
that apart from the 188 thousand that

1533
00:34:18,586 --> 00:34:20,415
we have set for 2026, there is

1534
00:34:20,415 --> 00:34:22,244
nothing on this list

1535
00:34:22,244 --> 00:34:23,304
related to

1536
00:34:23,304 --> 00:34:25,539
technology. And I

1537
00:34:25,539 --> 00:34:26,452
remember when we

1538
00:34:26,452 --> 00:34:27,482
were looking at city

1539
00:34:27,482 --> 00:34:28,306
plans, there were

1540
00:34:28,306 --> 00:34:29,454
technology facilities

1541
00:34:29,454 --> 00:34:30,514
for the city in their

1542
00:34:30,514 --> 00:34:31,662
capital budget

1543
00:34:31,662 --> 00:34:32,779
. It seems the fire

1544
00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:33,350
department had

1545
00:34:33,350 --> 00:34:34,389
technology costs

1546
00:34:34,389 --> 00:34:34,857
in their

1547
00:34:34,857 --> 00:34:35,870
capital budget

1548
00:34:35,870 --> 00:34:36,942
. We have

1549
00:34:36,942 --> 00:34:39,261
nothing in ours. I see

1550
00:34:39,261 --> 00:34:40,683
that on occasion we have

1551
00:34:40,683 --> 00:34:41,376
upgrades to the

1552
00:34:41,376 --> 00:34:42,251
computer

1553
00:34:42,251 --> 00:34:43,928
lab,

1554
00:34:43,964 --> 00:34:45,350
art and music labs,

1555
00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,772
science labs

1556
00:34:46,772 --> 00:34:47,683
,

1557
00:34:47,683 --> 00:34:49,725
technical education lab,

1558
00:34:49,761 --> 00:34:51,657
TIS computer lab,

1559
00:34:51,693 --> 00:34:52,860
TIS keyboard lab, and

1560
00:34:52,860 --> 00:34:56,000
TIS library. So

1561
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:56,975
it seems that even with

1562
00:34:56,975 --> 00:34:57,950
the updating of our

1563
00:34:57,950 --> 00:34:58,893
labs, the

1564
00:34:58,893 --> 00:35:00,096
small number

1565
00:35:00,096 --> 00:35:01,072
that still exist in schools are

1566
00:35:01,072 --> 00:35:02,440
also not being updated.

1567
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:03,541
They fall into

1568
00:35:03,541 --> 00:35:04,329
the "if

1569
00:35:04,329 --> 00:35:05,557
possible

1570
00:35:05,557 --> 00:35:07,210
" category. So I think

1571
00:35:07,210 --> 00:35:08,157
our request for

1572
00:35:08,157 --> 00:35:09,454
technology is quite

1573
00:35:09,454 --> 00:35:10,366
fair,

1574
00:35:10,366 --> 00:35:11,629
given what's

1575
00:35:11,629 --> 00:35:15,011
not here yet.

1576
00:35:15,011 --> 00:35:16,439
What happened, you know,

1577
00:35:16,439 --> 00:35:17,689
when councils made

1578
00:35:17,689 --> 00:35:18,832
such requests, that's where they

1579
00:35:18,832 --> 00:35:21,869
ended up.

1580
00:35:21,869 --> 00:35:22,994
Yes. So they can't be

1581
00:35:22,994 --> 00:35:24,064
in the

1582
00:35:24,064 --> 00:35:24,828
"if

1583
00:35:24,828 --> 00:35:26,020
possible

1584
00:35:26,020 --> 00:35:27,181
" category if we want

1585
00:35:27,181 --> 00:35:28,312
our students to be able to

1586
00:35:28,312 --> 00:35:29,290
perform the way

1587
00:35:29,290 --> 00:35:30,451
Jayden pointed out, the way

1588
00:35:30,451 --> 00:35:31,643
other districts

1589
00:35:31,643 --> 00:35:32,346
around us are performing,

1590
00:35:32,346 --> 00:35:33,477
competing for the

1591
00:35:33,477 --> 00:35:34,700
same colleges

1592
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:35,769
and the same

1593
00:35:35,769 --> 00:35:36,736
jobs.

1594
00:35:36,736 --> 00:35:37,880
What did you say?

1595
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,104
It is said that this is the place

1596
00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:40,333
where inquiries go to die.

1597
00:35:40,333 --> 00:35:41,782
You know when it's like

1598
00:35:41,782 --> 00:35:42,902
Yes. We cannot

1599
00:35:42,902 --> 00:35:43,733
let these

1600
00:35:43,733 --> 00:35:45,655
requests die.

1601
00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:46,817
I won't do it

1602
00:35:46,817 --> 00:35:47,736
this year.

1603
00:35:47,736 --> 00:35:48,821
OK. Ahem.

1604
00:35:48,821 --> 00:35:49,698
inappropriate

1605
00:35:49,698 --> 00:35:50,286
requests.

1606
00:35:50,286 --> 00:35:51,582
Yes. Right. There is

1607
00:35:51,582 --> 00:35:52,336
no island of

1608
00:35:52,336 --> 00:35:53,015
irrelevant

1609
00:35:53,015 --> 00:35:53,987
queries. Um, okay,

1610
00:35:53,987 --> 00:35:54,785
Pete, I want to

1611
00:35:54,785 --> 00:35:55,885
let you go, but also

1612
00:35:55,885 --> 00:35:56,876
thank you very much for

1613
00:35:56,876 --> 00:35:57,389
coming.

1614
00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:58,065
Ask as many

1615
00:35:58,065 --> 00:35:58,863
questions as you

1616
00:35:58,863 --> 00:36:00,022
need. I am here. Is there

1617
00:36:00,022 --> 00:36:01,014
anything you

1618
00:36:01,014 --> 00:36:02,187
would like to bring to our

1619
00:36:02,187 --> 00:36:03,296
attention? Is there anything

1620
00:36:03,296 --> 00:36:04,228
you think we

1621
00:36:04,228 --> 00:36:05,330
should know or that

1622
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:06,375
you think should have a

1623
00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:07,521
different priority here?

1624
00:36:07,521 --> 00:36:08,515
I mean, is there

1625
00:36:08,515 --> 00:36:09,478
anything the board should

1626
00:36:09,478 --> 00:36:10,690
know based on your

1627
00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:12,927
experience? No, I

1628
00:36:12,927 --> 00:36:13,845
tried to be

1629
00:36:13,845 --> 00:36:14,994
honest about some of the

1630
00:36:14,994 --> 00:36:16,077
years where I put

1631
00:36:16,077 --> 00:36:17,258
certain things in because,

1632
00:36:17,258 --> 00:36:18,472
you know, obviously

1633
00:36:18,472 --> 00:36:19,653
over the next

1634
00:36:19,653 --> 00:36:20,834
two or three years, you're going

1635
00:36:20,834 --> 00:36:22,146
to spend a lot of

1636
00:36:22,146 --> 00:36:23,328
money from a

1637
00:36:23,328 --> 00:36:26,796
city perspective. Well, while a roof on a

1638
00:36:26,796 --> 00:36:28,068
high school, an

1639
00:36:28,068 --> 00:36:29,407
artificial turf field, a

1640
00:36:29,407 --> 00:36:30,578
running track—these are

1641
00:36:30,578 --> 00:36:31,917
big, big

1642
00:36:31,917 --> 00:36:33,457
expense items, right? Yes.

1643
00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:35,525
That's right. You'll

1644
00:36:35,525 --> 00:36:36,948
spend over

1645
00:36:36,948 --> 00:36:38,580
$6.5 million on

1646
00:36:38,580 --> 00:36:39,584
all of this together,

1647
00:36:39,584 --> 00:36:40,798
probably, uh, or

1648
00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:44,921
thereabouts. Um,

1649
00:36:44,921 --> 00:36:46,446
you have, you know, there's

1650
00:36:46,446 --> 00:36:47,930
still debt, obviously,

1651
00:36:47,930 --> 00:36:49,167
for Birch Grove and

1652
00:36:49,167 --> 00:36:53,324
some other properties.

1653
00:36:53,324 --> 00:36:54,545
So, um, I was trying

1654
00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:55,903
to look at years where the

1655
00:36:55,903 --> 00:36:56,820
paving would be

1656
00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:58,076
phased in so that we wouldn't

1657
00:36:58,076 --> 00:36:59,331
exhaust ourselves in

1658
00:36:59,331 --> 00:37:02,995
one year. So you

1659
00:37:02,995 --> 00:37:04,138
still have access to the

1660
00:37:04,138 --> 00:37:06,431
school board roof.

1661
00:37:06,431 --> 00:37:07,717
Um, the last time this

1662
00:37:07,717 --> 00:37:09,233
was done was around 2000

1663
00:37:09,233 --> 00:37:11,188
. So, we're

1664
00:37:11,188 --> 00:37:12,742
looking at, you know, 30

1665
00:37:12,742 --> 00:37:14,142
years ago for that

1666
00:37:14,142 --> 00:37:15,472
roof, plus more.

1667
00:37:15,472 --> 00:37:16,510
this does not

1668
00:37:16,510 --> 00:37:17,121
affect

1669
00:37:17,121 --> 00:37:17,924
insurance in any way.

1670
00:37:17,924 --> 00:37:18,473
What? does

1671
00:37:18,473 --> 00:37:19,425
this in no way

1672
00:37:19,425 --> 00:37:19,985
affect

1673
00:37:19,985 --> 00:37:20,881
insurance, as in the

1674
00:37:20,881 --> 00:37:21,693
case of a

1675
00:37:21,693 --> 00:37:22,214
house roof?

1676
00:37:22,214 --> 00:37:23,596
No. Eh, that shouldn't

1677
00:37:23,596 --> 00:37:24,832
have any impact

1678
00:37:24,832 --> 00:37:27,290
on it. The flat part of

1679
00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:28,249
the roof is the main

1680
00:37:28,249 --> 00:37:29,275
cost factor,

1681
00:37:29,275 --> 00:37:30,267
as the flat

1682
00:37:30,267 --> 00:37:31,557
part is the smallest

1683
00:37:31,557 --> 00:37:32,781
section of the roof and also the

1684
00:37:32,781 --> 00:37:34,104
cheapest compared

1685
00:37:34,104 --> 00:37:38,262
to the covered tiles.

1686
00:37:38,262 --> 00:37:39,115
But it is impossible to

1687
00:37:39,115 --> 00:37:40,427
effectively remodel

1688
00:37:40,427 --> 00:37:41,609
this roof to be

1689
00:37:41,609 --> 00:37:42,659
completely covered in

1690
00:37:42,659 --> 00:37:43,971
tiles without adding

1691
00:37:43,971 --> 00:37:45,120
huge costs,

1692
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,039
as the

1693
00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:47,253
air conditioning units

1694
00:37:47,253 --> 00:37:48,467
serving the school

1695
00:37:48,467 --> 00:37:49,681
are located right on the

1696
00:37:49,681 --> 00:37:52,926
roof. Besides, there is

1697
00:37:52,926 --> 00:37:54,183
limited space on the ground there

1698
00:37:54,183 --> 00:37:55,066
, as you

1699
00:37:55,066 --> 00:37:56,085
understand, in these

1700
00:37:56,085 --> 00:37:58,797
conditions. Some things we

1701
00:37:58,797 --> 00:37:59,577
do ourselves,

1702
00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:00,864
for example, we can install the benches for the

1703
00:38:00,864 --> 00:38:03,032
high school

1704
00:38:03,066 --> 00:38:04,150
ourselves, but they

1705
00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:06,892
have to be bought. And

1706
00:38:06,892 --> 00:38:07,957
my budget is very

1707
00:38:07,957 --> 00:38:10,605
limited. Many

1708
00:38:10,605 --> 00:38:11,840
of you probably don't

1709
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,221
know, but my budget

1710
00:38:13,221 --> 00:38:14,602
that I submitted to Dr.

1711
00:38:14,602 --> 00:38:15,910
Willett and that was

1712
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:17,181
approved for

1713
00:38:17,181 --> 00:38:19,960
FY2027,

1714
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,868
excluding HR salaries and

1715
00:38:21,868 --> 00:38:23,424
insurance, was

1716
00:38:23,424 --> 00:38:24,831
actually 3.5%

1717
00:38:24,831 --> 00:38:26,538
less than the first

1718
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:28,546
budget I put together in

1719
00:38:28,546 --> 00:38:32,170
2017. This is

1720
00:38:32,170 --> 00:38:33,569
taking into account inflation

1721
00:38:33,569 --> 00:38:38,691
, so...I congratulate my

1722
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:39,565
team and...We

1723
00:38:39,565 --> 00:38:40,277
did everything

1724
00:38:40,277 --> 00:38:41,021
as

1725
00:38:41,021 --> 00:38:42,283
efficiently as

1726
00:38:42,283 --> 00:38:47,734
possible. So, without a

1727
00:38:47,734 --> 00:38:48,754
doubt,

1728
00:38:48,754 --> 00:38:49,933
when we consider the

1729
00:38:49,933 --> 00:38:51,048
same benches, the main

1730
00:38:51,048 --> 00:38:51,909
question is their

1731
00:38:51,909 --> 00:38:52,865
purchase, because we

1732
00:38:52,865 --> 00:38:53,853
no longer see

1733
00:38:53,853 --> 00:38:54,968
the balance of funds at

1734
00:38:54,968 --> 00:39:00,480
the end of the year. Um...regarding

1735
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:08,031
...the issue of the

1736
00:39:08,031 --> 00:39:09,459
notification system is related

1737
00:39:09,459 --> 00:39:10,923
to the fact that the company Bogan,

1738
00:39:10,923 --> 00:39:12,351
which manufactured the systems

1739
00:39:12,351 --> 00:39:13,633
for TIS and the high

1740
00:39:13,633 --> 00:39:14,768
school—both

1741
00:39:14,768 --> 00:39:15,830
Multicom 2000 models...

1742
00:39:15,830 --> 00:39:17,038
starting this

1743
00:39:17,038 --> 00:39:18,502
year, they are stopping

1744
00:39:18,502 --> 00:39:19,930
any

1745
00:39:19,930 --> 00:39:20,663
repair or

1746
00:39:20,663 --> 00:39:22,127
spare parts support

1747
00:39:22,127 --> 00:39:28,726
for 5 years. So

1748
00:39:28,726 --> 00:39:29,842
, with that in mind, I

1749
00:39:29,842 --> 00:39:31,202
scheduled the replacement for

1750
00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:32,596
fiscal years '31 and '30,

1751
00:39:32,596 --> 00:39:33,921
because if we find ourselves

1752
00:39:33,921 --> 00:39:35,142
in a situation where we can't

1753
00:39:35,142 --> 00:39:36,187
get

1754
00:39:36,187 --> 00:39:37,268
parts, our

1755
00:39:37,268 --> 00:39:38,523
alert system will

1756
00:39:38,523 --> 00:39:39,879
simply fail.

1757
00:39:39,879 --> 00:39:41,063
Sounds like our

1758
00:39:41,063 --> 00:39:43,387
situation with Microsoft. So

1759
00:39:43,387 --> 00:39:44,769
, these are just things to take

1760
00:39:44,769 --> 00:39:47,432
into consideration.

1761
00:39:47,432 --> 00:39:49,516
Well, actually, I don't have

1762
00:39:49,552 --> 00:39:53,322
anything else to add. For

1763
00:39:53,322 --> 00:39:54,512
many of you who

1764
00:39:54,512 --> 00:39:55,703
were in high school:

1765
00:39:55,703 --> 00:39:56,733
we are seeing

1766
00:39:56,733 --> 00:39:57,666
a problem from the

1767
00:39:57,666 --> 00:39:58,502
energy and

1768
00:39:58,502 --> 00:39:59,468
technology side with

1769
00:39:59,468 --> 00:40:00,562
exterior doors—

1770
00:40:00,562 --> 00:40:01,270
they are

1771
00:40:01,270 --> 00:40:02,332
rusting badly, the door

1772
00:40:02,332 --> 00:40:03,265
frames and the bottoms of the

1773
00:40:03,265 --> 00:40:08,344
doors are rotting.

1774
00:40:08,344 --> 00:40:09,423
Unlike the rest of

1775
00:40:09,423 --> 00:40:10,568
the school, where the doors to the

1776
00:40:10,568 --> 00:40:11,810
loading dock

1777
00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:12,464
on the right are

1778
00:40:12,464 --> 00:40:13,674
aluminum, the doors

1779
00:40:13,674 --> 00:40:14,721
to the left, in the

1780
00:40:14,721 --> 00:40:15,571
energy and

1781
00:40:15,571 --> 00:40:16,846
technology section, are all

1782
00:40:16,846 --> 00:40:21,544
steel. So they didn't

1783
00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:22,692
withstand the

1784
00:40:22,692 --> 00:40:23,809
effects of salt and other

1785
00:40:23,809 --> 00:40:28,205
similar factors as well. We've

1786
00:40:28,205 --> 00:40:28,796
actually

1787
00:40:28,796 --> 00:40:30,047
repainted these

1788
00:40:30,047 --> 00:40:31,402
doors, sanded them, and

1789
00:40:31,402 --> 00:40:32,618
caulked some of

1790
00:40:32,618 --> 00:40:33,973
them several times in the 11

1791
00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:35,329
years I've been here

1792
00:40:35,329 --> 00:40:36,579
, but we're getting to the point where

1793
00:40:36,579 --> 00:40:37,969
they're becoming difficult

1794
00:40:37,969 --> 00:40:39,532
to open and close.

1795
00:40:39,532 --> 00:40:40,351
They have to be

1796
00:40:40,351 --> 00:40:41,585
hammered in.

1797
00:40:41,585 --> 00:40:42,420
They have to be

1798
00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:43,752
undermined. You should

1799
00:40:43,752 --> 00:40:44,861
do everything possible to ensure that

1800
00:40:44,861 --> 00:40:45,939
exterior doors

1801
00:40:45,939 --> 00:40:46,740
open and

1802
00:40:46,740 --> 00:40:47,935
close. This becomes a

1803
00:40:47,935 --> 00:40:49,058
security issue;

1804
00:40:49,058 --> 00:40:50,309
of course, this affects

1805
00:40:50,309 --> 00:40:50,886
the environment,

1806
00:40:50,886 --> 00:40:52,105
energy efficiency,

1807
00:40:52,105 --> 00:40:53,387
rodents,

1808
00:40:53,387 --> 00:40:54,542
pest control—the list goes

1809
00:40:54,542 --> 00:40:57,058
on.

1810
00:40:57,058 --> 00:40:58,303
So this is something to

1811
00:40:58,303 --> 00:40:59,346
look out for at

1812
00:40:59,346 --> 00:41:02,376
some point. That's

1813
00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:03,454
why I added them to

1814
00:41:03,454 --> 00:41:04,761
this list, because we're

1815
00:41:04,761 --> 00:41:05,969
running out of paint,

1816
00:41:05,969 --> 00:41:07,047
putty, and other

1817
00:41:07,047 --> 00:41:08,223
things needed to

1818
00:41:08,223 --> 00:41:09,497
work on these doors

1819
00:41:09,497 --> 00:41:12,069
. We do

1820
00:41:12,069 --> 00:41:12,559
scheduled

1821
00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:13,541
maintenance

1822
00:41:13,541 --> 00:41:14,850
as much as we can, but

1823
00:41:14,850 --> 00:41:15,929
if you look at the

1824
00:41:15,929 --> 00:41:17,638
time frame. You

1825
00:41:17,638 --> 00:41:18,722
have 25 years of

1826
00:41:18,722 --> 00:41:20,109
use for this

1827
00:41:20,109 --> 00:41:21,662
door. I mean,

1828
00:41:21,662 --> 00:41:22,765
for steel

1829
00:41:22,765 --> 00:41:24,694
doors, that's not bad.

1830
00:41:24,694 --> 00:41:26,395
Well, your other doors

1831
00:41:26,395 --> 00:41:28,049
should last 40–50

1832
00:41:28,049 --> 00:41:31,577
years. Here, in fact, is the

1833
00:41:31,577 --> 00:41:34,643
whole list. If

1834
00:41:34,643 --> 00:41:35,768
you have any other

1835
00:41:35,768 --> 00:41:36,705
questions, don't

1836
00:41:36,705 --> 00:41:38,168
hesitate to ask

1837
00:41:38,168 --> 00:41:39,449
. Are

1838
00:41:39,449 --> 00:41:40,848
there any more questions for

1839
00:41:40,848 --> 00:41:41,751
Pete?

1840
00:41:41,751 --> 00:41:42,883
Quite a bit.

1841
00:41:42,883 --> 00:41:44,023
Let's go back a moment

1842
00:41:44,023 --> 00:41:45,161
. The fact that the

1843
00:41:45,161 --> 00:41:46,401
budget you just

1844
00:41:46,401 --> 00:41:47,455
submitted was what?

1845
00:41:47,455 --> 00:41:48,508
Say it again.

1846
00:41:48,508 --> 00:41:49,331
The budget you just

1847
00:41:49,331 --> 00:41:50,154
submitted was less than the

1848
00:41:50,154 --> 00:41:50,914
first budget

1849
00:41:50,914 --> 00:41:51,162
you... by

1850
00:41:51,162 --> 00:41:52,397
more than 3%

1851
00:41:52,397 --> 00:41:53,349
that I ever

1852
00:41:53,349 --> 00:41:54,131
wrote. Yes.

1853
00:41:54,131 --> 00:41:55,325
10 years ago.

1854
00:41:55,325 --> 00:41:56,681
More than 3%

1855
00:41:56,681 --> 00:41:57,853
that I've

1856
00:41:57,853 --> 00:41:58,902
been working on for months to...

1857
00:41:58,902 --> 00:41:59,971
and Dr. Willett

1858
00:41:59,971 --> 00:42:01,360
probably still remembers

1859
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,829
my comment. I

1860
00:42:02,829 --> 00:42:03,917
said I would spend

1861
00:42:03,917 --> 00:42:05,005
a lot of time and create a

1862
00:42:05,005 --> 00:42:06,189
budget so that you

1863
00:42:06,189 --> 00:42:07,309
could keep that

1864
00:42:07,309 --> 00:42:08,493
figure for many, many

1865
00:42:08,493 --> 00:42:08,945
years.

1866
00:42:08,945 --> 00:42:09,341
Yes. Did

1867
00:42:09,341 --> 00:42:10,668
n't I say that,

1868
00:42:10,668 --> 00:42:12,113
Doctor? Yes. Yes.

1869
00:42:12,113 --> 00:42:13,582
So I did everything I could

1870
00:42:13,582 --> 00:42:15,459
. It's just that some of the

1871
00:42:15,459 --> 00:42:16,595
things there are, you know,

1872
00:42:16,595 --> 00:42:17,941
completely crazy.

1873
00:42:17,941 --> 00:42:18,936
And my opinion on this

1874
00:42:18,936 --> 00:42:19,561
matter is—you did a

1875
00:42:19,561 --> 00:42:20,655
great job. And that's

1876
00:42:20,655 --> 00:42:21,485
my argument,

1877
00:42:21,485 --> 00:42:22,593
going back to what

1878
00:42:22,593 --> 00:42:23,369
we just

1879
00:42:23,369 --> 00:42:24,362
talked about. I am not

1880
00:42:24,362 --> 00:42:25,268
ashamed to ask to include

1881
00:42:25,268 --> 00:42:26,294
some of these

1882
00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:27,411
items in the city

1883
00:42:27,411 --> 00:42:28,568
budget. Yes. I

1884
00:42:28,568 --> 00:42:29,894
look forward to

1885
00:42:29,894 --> 00:42:31,186
this discussion

1886
00:42:31,186 --> 00:42:32,273
because I find what we

1887
00:42:32,273 --> 00:42:33,225
put people

1888
00:42:33,225 --> 00:42:34,585
through year after year

1889
00:42:34,585 --> 00:42:35,871
absurd. And

1890
00:42:35,871 --> 00:42:37,090
this whole security

1891
00:42:37,090 --> 00:42:38,177
aspect is

1892
00:42:38,177 --> 00:42:39,850
just about the door, right?

1893
00:42:39,850 --> 00:42:41,001
Rusty door, you can

1894
00:42:41,001 --> 00:42:43,012
barely...what is it?

1895
00:42:43,012 --> 00:42:44,061
Steel toe,

1896
00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:45,436
you know, if you dig

1897
00:42:45,436 --> 00:42:46,810
hard enough,

1898
00:42:46,810 --> 00:42:47,932
God knows what could

1899
00:42:47,932 --> 00:42:49,198
happen to the safety of

1900
00:42:49,198 --> 00:42:50,139
the buildings and, more

1901
00:42:50,139 --> 00:42:51,463
importantly, the students. And

1902
00:42:51,463 --> 00:42:52,790
yes, a lot of what

1903
00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:54,833
you just said

1904
00:42:54,867 --> 00:42:55,922
concerns me that

1905
00:42:55,922 --> 00:42:56,842
this shouldn't be

1906
00:42:56,842 --> 00:42:58,169
delayed until 2031

1907
00:42:58,169 --> 00:42:59,429
, even though the service life

1908
00:42:59,429 --> 00:43:00,689
is until then, so it

1909
00:43:00,689 --> 00:43:01,982
makes sense and we can

1910
00:43:01,982 --> 00:43:03,174
hold out while

1911
00:43:03,174 --> 00:43:03,991
we address this

1912
00:43:03,991 --> 00:43:05,854
pressing issue. So

1913
00:43:05,854 --> 00:43:07,156
yes, this, this, this, this is

1914
00:43:07,156 --> 00:43:10,668
needed. Yes.

1915
00:43:10,668 --> 00:43:11,911
Well, while that budget

1916
00:43:11,911 --> 00:43:12,925
is being cut, we've

1917
00:43:12,925 --> 00:43:14,103
also taken on

1918
00:43:14,103 --> 00:43:15,150
more of the things that the

1919
00:43:15,150 --> 00:43:16,393
city used to do,

1920
00:43:16,393 --> 00:43:17,472
more

1921
00:43:17,472 --> 00:43:18,552
building maintenance, more

1922
00:43:18,552 --> 00:43:19,861
field meetings, and

1923
00:43:19,861 --> 00:43:22,007
so on.

1924
00:43:22,007 --> 00:43:22,646
Yes.

1925
00:43:22,646 --> 00:43:23,570
We have taken on

1926
00:43:23,570 --> 00:43:24,771
more than has ever

1927
00:43:24,771 --> 00:43:26,527
been done in the past.

1928
00:43:26,527 --> 00:43:28,336
Yes. So it's, you know,

1929
00:43:28,336 --> 00:43:29,540
less money and even

1930
00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:30,667
more work.

1931
00:43:30,667 --> 00:43:31,644
Well, there is a certain

1932
00:43:31,644 --> 00:43:34,889
trend. It's a trend,

1933
00:43:34,889 --> 00:43:36,213
and one of my

1934
00:43:36,213 --> 00:43:37,096
firefighter friends won't

1935
00:43:37,096 --> 00:43:38,420
approve of me saying this

1936
00:43:38,420 --> 00:43:39,031
, but other

1937
00:43:39,031 --> 00:43:39,880
departments

1938
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:41,034
get so much

1939
00:43:41,034 --> 00:43:42,325
attention that the units

1940
00:43:42,325 --> 00:43:43,649
within the Board of

1941
00:43:43,649 --> 00:43:44,939
Education get, to

1942
00:43:44,939 --> 00:43:46,229
my mind, zero attention from the

1943
00:43:46,229 --> 00:43:50,072
city. And I'm not

1944
00:43:50,072 --> 00:43:51,399
talking about our city

1945
00:43:51,399 --> 00:43:52,586
councils, I didn't...I

1946
00:43:52,586 --> 00:43:53,948
made it clear what I was talking about

1947
00:43:53,948 --> 00:44:01,115
, so, um...yeah,

1948
00:44:01,115 --> 00:44:03,149
I...That's it. This puts

1949
00:44:03,149 --> 00:44:04,480
me in such a situation,

1950
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:05,811
you know, I'm

1951
00:44:05,811 --> 00:44:07,040
speechless, because to me it's

1952
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,371
common sense that we

1953
00:44:08,371 --> 00:44:09,498
have to address these

1954
00:44:09,498 --> 00:44:10,813
issues. And if there is an

1955
00:44:10,813 --> 00:44:11,589
opportunity in

1956
00:44:11,589 --> 00:44:12,817
the discussion to approach the

1957
00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:13,851
city council and

1958
00:44:13,851 --> 00:44:14,885
say, "Let's

1959
00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:16,113
take this off the

1960
00:44:16,113 --> 00:44:17,406
agenda of the Board of

1961
00:44:17,406 --> 00:44:18,601
Education so it can be

1962
00:44:18,601 --> 00:44:20,008
done separately."

1963
00:44:20,008 --> 00:44:21,088
Not to mention that

1964
00:44:21,088 --> 00:44:21,913
it will free up

1965
00:44:21,913 --> 00:44:22,966
the budget so we can

1966
00:44:22,966 --> 00:44:24,018
retain staff and

1967
00:44:24,018 --> 00:44:25,611
provide students with the

1968
00:44:25,639 --> 00:44:26,430
resources they need. This is a

1969
00:44:26,430 --> 00:44:27,606
multifaceted conversation

1970
00:44:27,606 --> 00:44:28,632
that I think we

1971
00:44:28,632 --> 00:44:29,657
need to have

1972
00:44:29,657 --> 00:44:30,532
urgently, and I

1973
00:44:30,532 --> 00:44:31,708
look forward to having

1974
00:44:31,708 --> 00:44:32,884
it not only with the council, but

1975
00:44:32,884 --> 00:44:33,759
hopefully with the

1976
00:44:33,759 --> 00:44:34,875
city council, because it's a

1977
00:44:34,875 --> 00:44:36,061
profound discussion.

1978
00:44:36,061 --> 00:44:37,387
So, and I appreciate

1979
00:44:37,387 --> 00:44:38,714
both of you being here

1980
00:44:38,714 --> 00:44:40,453
to hear this.

1981
00:44:40,453 --> 00:44:43,182
Yes. And I think, you

1982
00:44:43,182 --> 00:44:44,279
know, even though we're not

1983
00:44:44,279 --> 00:44:44,912
enemies, we

1984
00:44:44,912 --> 00:44:45,943
discuss it on the

1985
00:44:45,943 --> 00:44:47,207
city council and the board of

1986
00:44:47,207 --> 00:44:48,438
education, but

1987
00:44:48,438 --> 00:44:49,536
really we're one

1988
00:44:49,536 --> 00:44:55,039
city. this, this, this district

1989
00:44:55,039 --> 00:44:56,281
, the school district is

1990
00:44:56,281 --> 00:44:58,169
part of the city. Um,

1991
00:44:58,169 --> 00:44:59,530
hey, that's why, you know,

1992
00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:00,856
our city worked so hard

1993
00:45:00,856 --> 00:45:01,799
to

1994
00:45:01,799 --> 00:45:03,055
get an

1995
00:45:03,055 --> 00:45:05,173
AAA credit rating. This is so that

1996
00:45:05,173 --> 00:45:06,355
, you know, we

1997
00:45:06,355 --> 00:45:07,636
can cover such

1998
00:45:07,636 --> 00:45:11,112
capital costs.

1999
00:45:11,112 --> 00:45:12,343
Moreover, it seems,

2000
00:45:12,343 --> 00:45:13,674
if I recall, the city is

2001
00:45:13,674 --> 00:45:14,672
now so

2002
00:45:14,672 --> 00:45:15,969
financially stable

2003
00:45:15,969 --> 00:45:16,735
that you even

2004
00:45:16,735 --> 00:45:18,032
make payments on the

2005
00:45:18,032 --> 00:45:19,230
spot instead of

2006
00:45:19,230 --> 00:45:20,095
issuing

2007
00:45:20,095 --> 00:45:24,373
bonds. So, I think

2008
00:45:24,373 --> 00:45:25,736
we're doing very

2009
00:45:25,736 --> 00:45:26,995
well, and at the end of the day, this is

2010
00:45:26,995 --> 00:45:28,358
also a kind of business

2011
00:45:28,358 --> 00:45:29,372
, and different

2012
00:45:29,372 --> 00:45:30,665
spending baskets exist for a reason

2013
00:45:30,665 --> 00:45:33,698
. There are

2014
00:45:33,698 --> 00:45:35,028
capital expenditures, there are

2015
00:45:35,028 --> 00:45:36,324
operating expenditures, and

2016
00:45:36,324 --> 00:45:37,653
, you know, when Jaden

2017
00:45:37,653 --> 00:45:38,850
talks about the Board of

2018
00:45:38,850 --> 00:45:39,847
Education, I

2019
00:45:39,847 --> 00:45:40,877
think he's

2020
00:45:40,877 --> 00:45:42,008
referring to the

2021
00:45:42,008 --> 00:45:42,872
Board's operating budget, and

2022
00:45:42,872 --> 00:45:43,969
allocating things to the

2023
00:45:43,969 --> 00:45:44,733
appropriate

2024
00:45:44,733 --> 00:45:45,863
budget lines

2025
00:45:45,863 --> 00:45:47,093
during planning—

2026
00:45:47,093 --> 00:45:48,289
that's what we have to

2027
00:45:48,289 --> 00:45:49,807
do.

2028
00:45:49,807 --> 00:45:53,903
Ahem. So yes.

2029
00:45:53,903 --> 00:45:55,242
I just want to mention

2030
00:45:55,242 --> 00:45:56,548
something about the roof of the Board of

2031
00:45:56,548 --> 00:45:57,519
Education.

2032
00:45:57,519 --> 00:45:58,364
This is not usually

2033
00:45:58,364 --> 00:45:59,553
considered a school

2034
00:45:59,553 --> 00:46:01,083
building. So you

2035
00:46:01,083 --> 00:46:02,255
will not be eligible for

2036
00:46:02,255 --> 00:46:03,395
any

2037
00:46:03,395 --> 00:46:04,881
grants for this. The only time

2038
00:46:04,881 --> 00:46:05,995
they

2039
00:46:05,995 --> 00:46:07,240
usually cover

2040
00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:08,320
the cost of office

2041
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:09,106
space with

2042
00:46:09,106 --> 00:46:10,187
roof repairs is

2043
00:46:10,187 --> 00:46:11,104
if your office is

2044
00:46:11,104 --> 00:46:12,878
part of a school. But

2045
00:46:12,878 --> 00:46:15,266
this is not our case. You

2046
00:46:15,266 --> 00:46:16,029
have a separate,

2047
00:46:16,029 --> 00:46:17,302
independent building where

2048
00:46:17,302 --> 00:46:18,193
no

2049
00:46:18,193 --> 00:46:19,624
training is conducted. If that

2050
00:46:19,624 --> 00:46:20,739
building, excuse me,

2051
00:46:20,739 --> 00:46:22,063
if that building was

2052
00:46:22,063 --> 00:46:23,003
part of this one,

2053
00:46:23,003 --> 00:46:24,339
for example, right? So

2054
00:46:24,339 --> 00:46:25,662
if, if, if.

2055
00:46:25,662 --> 00:46:26,829
This is a low grant.

2056
00:46:26,829 --> 00:46:28,029
No, but if it were

2057
00:46:28,029 --> 00:46:28,763
part of BGP,

2058
00:46:28,763 --> 00:46:29,884
for example. Yes.

2059
00:46:29,884 --> 00:46:30,911
Got it. But I'm

2060
00:46:30,911 --> 00:46:32,161
more talking about the fact that

2061
00:46:32,161 --> 00:46:33,380
if the school, if the

2062
00:46:33,380 --> 00:46:34,568
Board of Education office

2063
00:46:34,568 --> 00:46:35,599
was in this building,

2064
00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:36,849
then the Board wouldn't have to

2065
00:46:36,849 --> 00:46:37,881
worry about

2066
00:46:37,881 --> 00:46:39,099
replacing the roof for that

2067
00:46:39,099 --> 00:46:39,575
, and that...

2068
00:46:39,575 --> 00:46:40,158
could be a

2069
00:46:40,158 --> 00:46:41,121
shared expense

2070
00:46:41,121 --> 00:46:42,007
or something like that,

2071
00:46:42,007 --> 00:46:43,588
right? Okay. So,

2072
00:46:43,588 --> 00:46:45,949
okay. Good. So,

2073
00:46:45,949 --> 00:46:46,743
this

2074
00:46:46,743 --> 00:46:48,077
has been studied in the past,

2075
00:46:48,077 --> 00:46:51,487
right? But the staff didn't

2076
00:46:51,487 --> 00:46:52,312
want to—not our

2077
00:46:52,312 --> 00:46:53,401
staff, and to

2078
00:46:53,401 --> 00:46:55,512
do that, the probate court would have to

2079
00:46:55,545 --> 00:46:56,601
move into that

2080
00:46:56,601 --> 00:46:57,426
building, and they

2081
00:46:57,426 --> 00:46:58,878
looked at it and showed no

2082
00:46:58,911 --> 00:47:02,669
interest.

2083
00:47:02,669 --> 00:47:03,806
And there's not that much

2084
00:47:03,806 --> 00:47:04,878
money per year that

2085
00:47:04,878 --> 00:47:05,333
you're

2086
00:47:05,333 --> 00:47:06,488
giving up.

2087
00:47:06,488 --> 00:47:09,143
Yes. I just think

2088
00:47:09,143 --> 00:47:10,099
it opens up

2089
00:47:10,099 --> 00:47:11,319
a lot of new avenues

2090
00:47:11,319 --> 00:47:12,571
for discussion, so

2091
00:47:12,571 --> 00:47:13,790
thank you, my brain is already

2092
00:47:13,790 --> 00:47:16,551
melting. I

2093
00:47:16,551 --> 00:47:17,789
guess I'll just add

2094
00:47:17,789 --> 00:47:19,127
something that I couldn't

2095
00:47:19,127 --> 00:47:20,131
find the words for before, because

2096
00:47:20,131 --> 00:47:21,370
I feel like as a member of the

2097
00:47:21,370 --> 00:47:22,675
Board of Education,

2098
00:47:22,675 --> 00:47:23,880
we work with the

2099
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:24,649
city council, and I'm not

2100
00:47:24,649 --> 00:47:25,854
necessarily here to

2101
00:47:25,854 --> 00:47:27,193
criticize other people's

2102
00:47:27,193 --> 00:47:28,465
budgets or anything

2103
00:47:28,465 --> 00:47:34,456
like that. But I think it's

2104
00:47:34,456 --> 00:47:35,471
important for people

2105
00:47:35,471 --> 00:47:36,748
to remember and understand

2106
00:47:36,748 --> 00:47:37,862
how well, in

2107
00:47:37,862 --> 00:47:39,008
terms of the

2108
00:47:39,008 --> 00:47:40,121
funds remaining at the end of

2109
00:47:40,121 --> 00:47:41,137
the year,

2110
00:47:41,137 --> 00:47:42,283
our budgets were managed in the

2111
00:47:42,283 --> 00:47:47,600
Board of Education.

2112
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:49,115
and there simply is not. And,

2113
00:47:49,115 --> 00:47:50,335
frankly, I don't

2114
00:47:50,335 --> 00:47:51,587
think there should be a bunch of unclaimed money left at the end of the

2115
00:47:51,587 --> 00:47:53,902
year

2116
00:47:53,934 --> 00:47:55,081
. I think

2117
00:47:55,081 --> 00:47:56,299
part of our job is to make sure

2118
00:47:56,299 --> 00:47:57,548
that we

2119
00:47:57,548 --> 00:47:58,573
spend

2120
00:47:58,573 --> 00:47:59,727
our Board of Education funds

2121
00:47:59,727 --> 00:48:01,008
on what we planned

2122
00:48:01,008 --> 00:48:02,346
and stated. Is

2123
00:48:02,346 --> 00:48:05,143
n't that right? So, we

2124
00:48:05,143 --> 00:48:06,518
come to the question of

2125
00:48:06,518 --> 00:48:07,240
whether we have

2126
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:08,444
precedents in other

2127
00:48:08,444 --> 00:48:12,254
cities? Do we have

2128
00:48:12,254 --> 00:48:13,637
the financial, uh, right to

2129
00:48:13,637 --> 00:48:14,474
legally, uh,

2130
00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:15,420
go to the

2131
00:48:15,420 --> 00:48:16,402
city council and

2132
00:48:16,402 --> 00:48:17,857
say, "Look, we're

2133
00:48:17,857 --> 00:48:19,094
doing our, we're

2134
00:48:19,094 --> 00:48:20,113
doing our

2135
00:48:20,113 --> 00:48:22,101
job. We think

2136
00:48:22,101 --> 00:48:23,003
we're doing a very good job

2137
00:48:23,003 --> 00:48:23,844
of

2138
00:48:23,844 --> 00:48:25,017
managing the funds

2139
00:48:25,017 --> 00:48:26,848
that we've been allocated. These are

2140
00:48:26,848 --> 00:48:27,904
things that we

2141
00:48:27,904 --> 00:48:29,192
think are necessary, that are

2142
00:48:29,192 --> 00:48:29,984
not getting

2143
00:48:29,984 --> 00:48:30,909
funded, and that are

2144
00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:32,065
legally part of the

2145
00:48:32,065 --> 00:48:33,253
capital

2146
00:48:33,253 --> 00:48:37,285
expenditure regime." I fully

2147
00:48:37,285 --> 00:48:38,164
support, uh,

2148
00:48:38,164 --> 00:48:39,140
having this

2149
00:48:39,140 --> 00:48:40,214
conversation with the city

2150
00:48:40,214 --> 00:48:41,354
council and pushing

2151
00:48:41,354 --> 00:48:42,623
you in that direction

2152
00:48:42,623 --> 00:48:44,060
as much as we can.

2153
00:48:44,060 --> 00:48:45,525
Very aptly said.

2154
00:48:45,525 --> 00:48:46,065
I really

2155
00:48:46,065 --> 00:48:47,086
like the phrase that

2156
00:48:47,086 --> 00:48:48,168
we are doing a great

2157
00:48:48,168 --> 00:48:49,820
job with the

2158
00:48:49,850 --> 00:48:51,096
funds allocated to us. Yes, that was

2159
00:48:51,096 --> 00:48:52,572
really apt. Thank you

2160
00:48:52,572 --> 00:48:52,721
.

2161
00:48:52,721 --> 00:48:53,614
And I think, I think

2162
00:48:53,614 --> 00:48:54,460
people are losing

2163
00:48:54,460 --> 00:48:55,400
sight of that. It's easy to

2164
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:56,417
lose sight of that

2165
00:48:56,417 --> 00:48:57,039
because we have

2166
00:48:57,039 --> 00:48:57,827
so many issues

2167
00:48:57,827 --> 00:48:58,523
that we're trying

2168
00:48:58,523 --> 00:48:59,427
to cover, and I think we do

2169
00:48:59,427 --> 00:49:00,100
n't, which is why I wanted to

2170
00:49:00,100 --> 00:49:01,004
make this comment

2171
00:49:01,004 --> 00:49:02,131
here. I think it's

2172
00:49:02,131 --> 00:49:03,059
worth voicing,

2173
00:49:03,059 --> 00:49:03,575
you know.

2174
00:49:03,575 --> 00:49:04,325
Yes. And when we

2175
00:49:04,325 --> 00:49:05,155
look at, you know, the

2176
00:49:05,155 --> 00:49:05,939
surplus at the end of

2177
00:49:05,939 --> 00:49:06,611
the year, sometimes people

2178
00:49:06,611 --> 00:49:07,441
just look at the

2179
00:49:07,441 --> 00:49:08,068
dollar amounts

2180
00:49:08,068 --> 00:49:08,785
instead of

2181
00:49:08,785 --> 00:49:09,458
understanding that it's

2182
00:49:09,458 --> 00:49:09,973
less than 1%, which is the

2183
00:49:09,973 --> 00:49:10,847
best indicator

2184
00:49:10,847 --> 00:49:12,202
. I mean, the

2185
00:49:12,202 --> 00:49:13,666
business is targeting

2186
00:49:13,666 --> 00:49:14,075
5%.

2187
00:49:14,075 --> 00:49:16,296
And we, we have less than 1%.

2188
00:49:16,296 --> 00:49:19,053
So, yes. Thank you.

2189
00:49:19,053 --> 00:49:20,931
Anyone else? Well, Mr.

2190
00:49:20,931 --> 00:49:21,937
Sta, thank you for

2191
00:49:21,937 --> 00:49:23,152
joining us tonight

2192
00:49:23,152 --> 00:49:24,363
.

2193
00:49:24,363 --> 00:49:25,759
Thank you for everything you

2194
00:49:25,759 --> 00:49:28,225
do on Saturday. I

2195
00:49:28,225 --> 00:49:29,327
think every

2196
00:49:29,327 --> 00:49:30,499
time I'm in

2197
00:49:30,499 --> 00:49:31,601
any of these schools I

2198
00:49:31,601 --> 00:49:32,841
see you walking around and

2199
00:49:32,841 --> 00:49:33,875
looking at some

2200
00:49:33,875 --> 00:49:35,218
wall or something like that

2201
00:49:35,218 --> 00:49:36,596
, like this morning at

2202
00:49:36,596 --> 00:49:37,457
Bergshire Grove,

2203
00:49:37,457 --> 00:49:38,801
doing some wiring

2204
00:49:38,801 --> 00:49:41,816
.

2205
00:49:41,816 --> 00:49:42,988
And we know that you and

2206
00:49:42,988 --> 00:49:44,227
your staff are doing a

2207
00:49:44,227 --> 00:49:45,232
lot to

2208
00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:46,170
really reduce

2209
00:49:46,170 --> 00:49:48,049
costs for us. So

2210
00:49:48,049 --> 00:49:49,389
please know how

2211
00:49:49,389 --> 00:49:50,662
much we appreciate this

2212
00:49:50,662 --> 00:49:51,835
and your hard

2213
00:49:51,835 --> 00:49:52,304
work.

2214
00:49:52,304 --> 00:49:54,965
No, thank you.

2215
00:49:54,965 --> 00:49:58,817
I appreciate it. OK. So

2216
00:49:58,817 --> 00:50:00,090
, we'll go back, I

2217
00:50:00,090 --> 00:50:00,801
think, to

2218
00:50:00,801 --> 00:50:06,327
the superintendent.

2219
00:50:06,327 --> 00:50:07,761
Hey, Jay. Okay,

2220
00:50:07,761 --> 00:50:09,130
back to K,

2221
00:50:09,130 --> 00:50:10,502
the superintendent's report. K1

2222
00:50:10,502 --> 00:50:11,600
is a monthly

2223
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:16,325
financial

2224
00:50:16,325 --> 00:50:20,145
report. He spoke just in

2225
00:50:20,145 --> 00:50:24,571
time. So, the

2226
00:50:24,571 --> 00:50:30,020
first one here doesn't

2227
00:50:30,020 --> 00:50:31,095
load, wait

2228
00:50:31,095 --> 00:50:34,501
a second. OK.

2229
00:50:34,501 --> 00:50:35,420
Actually, you could

2230
00:50:35,420 --> 00:50:36,175
provide an update

2231
00:50:36,175 --> 00:50:36,788
on

2232
00:50:36,788 --> 00:50:37,496
solar while this is

2233
00:50:37,496 --> 00:50:38,416
loading if

2234
00:50:38,416 --> 00:50:39,539
you want. I don't know,

2235
00:50:39,539 --> 00:50:40,316
forever.

2236
00:50:40,316 --> 00:50:41,429
No, it doesn't matter.

2237
00:50:41,429 --> 00:50:42,699
So, I'll do that

2238
00:50:42,699 --> 00:50:46,889
while I figure it out. So

2239
00:50:46,889 --> 00:50:48,155
, the report on solar

2240
00:50:48,155 --> 00:50:49,113
projects is currently

2241
00:50:49,113 --> 00:50:50,380
under

2242
00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:51,611
evaluation by the utility

2243
00:50:51,611 --> 00:50:54,897
company. So, the

2244
00:50:54,897 --> 00:50:56,144
official process for

2245
00:50:56,144 --> 00:50:58,350
this is called the

2246
00:50:58,382 --> 00:51:01,060
interconnection verification process. And

2247
00:51:01,060 --> 00:51:02,218
if you think about it, that

2248
00:51:02,218 --> 00:51:03,593
means connecting

2249
00:51:03,593 --> 00:51:06,566
to the network. This is a

2250
00:51:06,566 --> 00:51:07,857
formal process where the

2251
00:51:07,857 --> 00:51:08,923
local

2252
00:51:08,923 --> 00:51:09,924
utility

2253
00:51:09,924 --> 00:51:10,892
company evaluates a

2254
00:51:10,892 --> 00:51:11,926
solar

2255
00:51:11,926 --> 00:51:12,862
power system in

2256
00:51:12,862 --> 00:51:14,573
preparation for

2257
00:51:14,606 --> 00:51:15,897
grid connection, as they

2258
00:51:15,897 --> 00:51:17,189
want to check whether

2259
00:51:17,189 --> 00:51:18,254
such a

2260
00:51:18,254 --> 00:51:19,158
surge in power will cause

2261
00:51:19,158 --> 00:51:20,224
problems, or whether

2262
00:51:20,224 --> 00:51:21,354
something will explode,

2263
00:51:21,354 --> 00:51:22,096
damage

2264
00:51:22,096 --> 00:51:25,267
transformers, etc.

2265
00:51:25,267 --> 00:51:26,795
So, when this

2266
00:51:26,795 --> 00:51:27,735
IIA process is completed, an

2267
00:51:27,735 --> 00:51:29,224
IIA implementation agreement is put in place

2268
00:51:29,224 --> 00:51:30,595
, and it's a

2269
00:51:30,595 --> 00:51:31,927
tripartite agreement

2270
00:51:31,927 --> 00:51:32,946
between the TRA, the city,

2271
00:51:32,946 --> 00:51:34,474
Green Skies, the company that

2272
00:51:34,474 --> 00:51:36,433
implements it, and the

2273
00:51:36,473 --> 00:51:40,510
utility. And for now,

2274
00:51:40,510 --> 00:51:41,845
engineering

2275
00:51:41,845 --> 00:51:43,000
work is ongoing while they

2276
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:44,371
receive final

2277
00:51:44,371 --> 00:51:45,875
IIA approvals.

2278
00:51:45,875 --> 00:51:46,944
IA approval is a

2279
00:51:46,944 --> 00:51:48,446
bureaucratic affair.

2280
00:51:48,446 --> 00:51:49,579
It just takes

2281
00:51:49,579 --> 00:51:50,410
some time. The

2282
00:51:50,410 --> 00:51:51,665
utility company

2283
00:51:51,665 --> 00:51:52,722
has a queue of such

2284
00:51:52,722 --> 00:51:54,610
cases. They are doing

2285
00:51:54,610 --> 00:51:55,928
everything they can, and this is where

2286
00:51:55,928 --> 00:51:57,181
we

2287
00:51:57,181 --> 00:51:59,725
are now. But

2288
00:51:59,725 --> 00:52:00,822
once this part

2289
00:52:00,822 --> 00:52:01,951
is complete, we

2290
00:52:01,951 --> 00:52:03,114
can move on to the

2291
00:52:03,114 --> 00:52:05,869
implementation phase. It's

2292
00:52:05,869 --> 00:52:07,224
not interesting in Thailand

2293
00:52:07,224 --> 00:52:08,330
really, some

2294
00:52:08,330 --> 00:52:11,689
interesting electric

2295
00:52:11,689 --> 00:52:16,493
dynamics. There is an area with

2296
00:52:16,493 --> 00:52:17,281
unstable

2297
00:52:17,281 --> 00:52:18,165
power supply there that

2298
00:52:18,165 --> 00:52:19,080
may

2299
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:24,343
need to be addressed at some point.

2300
00:52:24,343 --> 00:52:25,237
OK. Do you have any

2301
00:52:25,237 --> 00:52:26,439
questions for Dr.

2302
00:52:26,439 --> 00:52:27,179
Willett regarding the

2303
00:52:27,179 --> 00:52:28,350
solar

2304
00:52:28,350 --> 00:52:30,003
project update? Is

2305
00:52:30,003 --> 00:52:31,277
there any time

2306
00:52:31,277 --> 00:52:33,081
frame

2307
00:52:33,081 --> 00:52:35,252
for IAS? I would say

2308
00:52:35,252 --> 00:52:36,165
we probably

2309
00:52:36,165 --> 00:52:39,740
measure in months. I

2310
00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:40,818
don't think anyone

2311
00:52:40,818 --> 00:52:41,634
can say

2312
00:52:41,634 --> 00:52:42,679
how quickly

2313
00:52:42,679 --> 00:52:43,952
they'll do it, but

2314
00:52:43,952 --> 00:52:44,931
I don't see it

2315
00:52:44,931 --> 00:52:46,107
taking a year or anything

2316
00:52:46,107 --> 00:52:47,706
like that. I think we're

2317
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:51,617
talking about months.

2318
00:52:51,617 --> 00:52:52,851
So, what...because I

2319
00:52:52,851 --> 00:52:54,050
think the savings

2320
00:52:54,050 --> 00:52:55,353
that were presented to us

2321
00:52:55,353 --> 00:52:56,244
when the

2322
00:52:56,244 --> 00:52:57,170
solar plan came in

2323
00:52:57,170 --> 00:52:58,473
was about

2324
00:52:58,473 --> 00:52:59,638
$100,000 a year

2325
00:52:59,638 --> 00:53:00,701
combined with all the

2326
00:53:00,701 --> 00:53:01,283
solar

2327
00:53:01,283 --> 00:53:05,002
generation.

2328
00:53:05,002 --> 00:53:08,751
Ahem. Do

2329
00:53:08,751 --> 00:53:10,475
you anticipate that we

2330
00:53:10,475 --> 00:53:12,200
could potentially get those

2331
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:14,412
savings in

2332
00:53:14,412 --> 00:53:17,025
fiscal year '27-28 or

2333
00:53:17,025 --> 00:53:18,544
'28-29? I mean, if

2334
00:53:18,544 --> 00:53:19,690
I'm being careful, I'd

2335
00:53:19,690 --> 00:53:20,685
say 28-29, just

2336
00:53:20,685 --> 00:53:21,862
because I think if

2337
00:53:21,862 --> 00:53:22,947
I say something, if I'm

2338
00:53:22,947 --> 00:53:23,702
wrong and it

2339
00:53:23,702 --> 00:53:24,908
happens sooner, everyone

2340
00:53:24,908 --> 00:53:26,244
will be happy. If

2341
00:53:26,244 --> 00:53:27,301
I'm wrong and

2342
00:53:27,301 --> 00:53:28,286
I hear you.

2343
00:53:28,286 --> 00:53:29,313
So, I think that,

2344
00:53:29,313 --> 00:53:30,572
especially with the

2345
00:53:30,572 --> 00:53:31,865
cost of fuel and

2346
00:53:31,865 --> 00:53:32,959
everything else that's

2347
00:53:32,959 --> 00:53:33,986
going on right now, we'll

2348
00:53:33,986 --> 00:53:35,246
at least get

2349
00:53:35,246 --> 00:53:36,548
that benefit. There are

2350
00:53:36,548 --> 00:53:37,927
a lot of "buts" here,

2351
00:53:37,927 --> 00:53:38,660
but I would

2352
00:53:38,660 --> 00:53:40,125
focus on 20,

2353
00:53:40,125 --> 00:53:41,806
you know, maybe 29 years

2354
00:53:41,806 --> 00:53:42,063
.

2355
00:53:42,063 --> 00:53:43,426
installation and everything

2356
00:53:43,426 --> 00:53:43,858
else.

2357
00:53:43,858 --> 00:53:46,705
Yes. But I think it will at least

2358
00:53:46,738 --> 00:53:48,046
partially come true for them

2359
00:53:48,046 --> 00:53:51,269
. Cantilever

2360
00:53:51,269 --> 00:53:52,067
structures are

2361
00:53:52,067 --> 00:53:53,351
more complex, you know, and

2362
00:53:53,351 --> 00:53:54,496
they don't leave

2363
00:53:54,496 --> 00:53:55,603
chaos behind.

2364
00:53:55,603 --> 00:53:56,509
That is, if they

2365
00:53:56,509 --> 00:53:57,312
install them, they also

2366
00:53:57,312 --> 00:53:57,882
perform

2367
00:53:57,882 --> 00:53:58,710
asphalting and

2368
00:53:58,710 --> 00:53:59,730
similar work. We

2369
00:53:59,730 --> 00:54:00,704
just need to

2370
00:54:00,704 --> 00:54:03,099
connect to it.

2371
00:54:03,099 --> 00:54:04,471
I think most of the

2372
00:54:04,471 --> 00:54:04,849
work

2373
00:54:04,849 --> 00:54:05,913
will take place

2374
00:54:05,913 --> 00:54:07,252
during the summer, you know

2375
00:54:07,252 --> 00:54:09,709
, next summer, the

2376
00:54:09,709 --> 00:54:14,803
summer of '27. This will be a

2377
00:54:14,803 --> 00:54:15,962
very busy

2378
00:54:15,962 --> 00:54:16,800
place if we

2379
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,056
plan to repair the roof

2380
00:54:18,056 --> 00:54:19,313
and install an

2381
00:54:19,313 --> 00:54:20,569
artificial turf field

2382
00:54:20,569 --> 00:54:22,218
that same summer.

2383
00:54:22,218 --> 00:54:23,820
Well, remember, yes, it's

2384
00:54:23,820 --> 00:54:24,786
true.

2385
00:54:24,786 --> 00:54:25,513
Perhaps.

2386
00:54:25,513 --> 00:54:26,622
We do not install

2387
00:54:26,622 --> 00:54:27,668
solar panels on the

2388
00:54:27,668 --> 00:54:28,054
roof.

2389
00:54:28,054 --> 00:54:30,331
Yes.

2390
00:54:30,331 --> 00:54:31,644
But it's going to take a

2391
00:54:31,644 --> 00:54:32,990
lot of coordination, and that's why

2392
00:54:32,990 --> 00:54:34,270
, you know, it

2393
00:54:34,270 --> 00:54:35,347
might happen in

2394
00:54:35,347 --> 00:54:39,958
pieces. I don't

2395
00:54:39,958 --> 00:54:41,413
expect, you know, I

2396
00:54:41,413 --> 00:54:42,649
don't have a crystal

2397
00:54:42,649 --> 00:54:43,994
ball, but I don't think

2398
00:54:43,994 --> 00:54:45,412
it's going to last forever

2399
00:54:45,412 --> 00:54:47,457
. And

2400
00:54:47,457 --> 00:54:48,132
will the

2401
00:54:48,132 --> 00:54:48,715
cantilever

2402
00:54:48,715 --> 00:54:49,421
structures reduce

2403
00:54:49,421 --> 00:54:51,078
the number of

2404
00:54:51,109 --> 00:54:52,975
student parking spaces behind? They

2405
00:54:52,975 --> 00:54:54,582
shouldn't. Usually

2406
00:54:54,582 --> 00:54:58,256
not. You might

2407
00:54:58,256 --> 00:54:59,541
only lose a few

2408
00:54:59,541 --> 00:55:00,826
spots here and there, but there are

2409
00:55:00,826 --> 00:55:02,111
areas with islands where

2410
00:55:02,111 --> 00:55:03,165
you can place

2411
00:55:03,165 --> 00:55:09,294
support structures.

2412
00:55:09,294 --> 00:55:10,232
Also, you know, with the

2413
00:55:10,232 --> 00:55:11,429
number of

2414
00:55:11,429 --> 00:55:12,723
students in the high school

2415
00:55:12,723 --> 00:55:13,758
now, there's

2416
00:55:13,758 --> 00:55:14,988
a lot of parking out back

2417
00:55:14,988 --> 00:55:18,948
. You know, even

2418
00:55:18,948 --> 00:55:20,140
compared to

2419
00:55:20,140 --> 00:55:21,473
when my

2420
00:55:21,473 --> 00:55:22,736
oldest daughter, who is

2421
00:55:22,736 --> 00:55:23,507
now 22, was studying there, that

2422
00:55:23,507 --> 00:55:24,875
playground in the back was

2423
00:55:24,875 --> 00:55:29,171
almost full. But

2424
00:55:29,171 --> 00:55:30,371
I don't expect, you know,

2425
00:55:30,371 --> 00:55:31,105
the project will be

2426
00:55:31,105 --> 00:55:32,239
aimed at

2427
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:33,539
preserving as

2428
00:55:33,539 --> 00:55:34,373
many places as possible

2429
00:55:34,373 --> 00:55:35,440
while ensuring

2430
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:39,813
traffic flow.

2431
00:55:39,813 --> 00:55:41,220
By the way, there is a

2432
00:55:41,220 --> 00:55:42,488
high school in Stafford: if

2433
00:55:42,488 --> 00:55:43,895
you go up the hill and

2434
00:55:43,895 --> 00:55:45,268
go behind the building, there

2435
00:55:45,268 --> 00:55:46,289
are cantilevered

2436
00:55:46,289 --> 00:55:47,660
canopies there too. You can

2437
00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:48,745
get an idea

2438
00:55:48,745 --> 00:55:50,022
of ​​what it looks like

2439
00:55:50,022 --> 00:55:50,825
in the parking lot. Just like

2440
00:55:50,825 --> 00:55:52,338
Genie Tech.

2441
00:55:52,338 --> 00:55:54,024
Yes. I don't think they

2442
00:55:54,024 --> 00:55:55,125
will eliminate a large

2443
00:55:55,125 --> 00:55:56,953
number of places.

2444
00:55:56,953 --> 00:55:58,250
Some of them you will simply

2445
00:55:58,250 --> 00:55:59,414
mark as spaces

2446
00:55:59,414 --> 00:56:01,109
for compact cars.

2447
00:56:01,109 --> 00:56:03,679
You know, if there's a

2448
00:56:03,679 --> 00:56:05,069
supporting structure there,

2449
00:56:05,069 --> 00:56:05,732
then yes.

2450
00:56:05,732 --> 00:56:08,036
we always

2451
00:56:08,036 --> 00:56:09,400
I expect

2452
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:10,692
it will take Ever Source two or three

2453
00:56:10,692 --> 00:56:11,725
months, you know,

2454
00:56:11,725 --> 00:56:13,163
probably by Thanksgiving

2455
00:56:13,163 --> 00:56:14,528
they will have their

2456
00:56:14,528 --> 00:56:18,214
part completed. And then we will

2457
00:56:18,214 --> 00:56:18,999
need to

2458
00:56:18,999 --> 00:56:19,633
consider the

2459
00:56:19,633 --> 00:56:20,539
architectural and

2460
00:56:20,539 --> 00:56:21,626
structural aspects of

2461
00:56:21,626 --> 00:56:25,189
the issue. But they

2462
00:56:25,189 --> 00:56:26,294
need to do some

2463
00:56:26,294 --> 00:56:27,268
calculations on

2464
00:56:27,268 --> 00:56:28,438
our projects, which

2465
00:56:28,438 --> 00:56:29,542
include solar

2466
00:56:29,542 --> 00:56:30,712
panels in almost all of

2467
00:56:30,712 --> 00:56:31,816
our schools, on

2468
00:56:31,816 --> 00:56:33,083
the amount of generation and

2469
00:56:33,083 --> 00:56:35,065
what

2470
00:56:35,097 --> 00:56:38,258
the grid can actually handle.

2471
00:56:38,258 --> 00:56:39,415
And so as not to blow up

2472
00:56:39,415 --> 00:56:44,317
the transformer, but,

2473
00:56:44,317 --> 00:56:45,695
you know, it shouldn't

2474
00:56:45,695 --> 00:56:47,017
last forever. We

2475
00:56:47,017 --> 00:56:48,361
expect it will be

2476
00:56:48,361 --> 00:56:49,636
several months before

2477
00:56:49,636 --> 00:56:50,845
we pass this

2478
00:56:50,845 --> 00:56:51,607
stage.

2479
00:56:51,607 --> 00:56:54,340
Yes. Most of them

2480
00:56:54,340 --> 00:56:55,448
will try not to

2481
00:56:55,448 --> 00:56:56,327
install

2482
00:56:56,327 --> 00:56:57,402
solar panels on their

2483
00:56:57,402 --> 00:56:58,672
roofs in December, January,

2484
00:56:58,672 --> 00:56:59,617
and February because of the

2485
00:56:59,617 --> 00:57:00,497
threat of snow,

2486
00:57:00,497 --> 00:57:01,734
weather conditions, and so on

2487
00:57:01,734 --> 00:57:06,239
.

2488
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:07,506
So you'll probably see them

2489
00:57:07,506 --> 00:57:08,809
closer to

2490
00:57:08,809 --> 00:57:13,162
April.

2491
00:57:13,162 --> 00:57:13,853
Thank you.

2492
00:57:13,853 --> 00:57:14,912
Sorry, I

2493
00:57:14,912 --> 00:57:15,721
only stayed here for the

2494
00:57:15,721 --> 00:57:16,753
part about solar

2495
00:57:16,753 --> 00:57:17,216
panels.

2496
00:57:17,216 --> 00:57:18,788
Yes, that's great.

2497
00:57:18,788 --> 00:57:20,528
Thank you very much. Not surprised.

2498
00:57:20,528 --> 00:57:21,308
Thank you

2499
00:57:21,308 --> 00:57:22,363
Doctor, do you want to

2500
00:57:22,363 --> 00:57:23,233
go back to the

2501
00:57:23,233 --> 00:57:24,389
financial report?

2502
00:57:24,389 --> 00:57:26,359
Of course. Thank you.

2503
00:57:26,359 --> 00:57:27,092
So, this is your

2504
00:57:27,092 --> 00:57:27,859
standard

2505
00:57:27,859 --> 00:57:28,559
monthly

2506
00:57:28,559 --> 00:57:30,022
financial report. As

2507
00:57:30,022 --> 00:57:30,833
we know, we

2508
00:57:30,833 --> 00:57:32,184
get it once a

2509
00:57:32,184 --> 00:57:33,917
month. It is in the

2510
00:57:33,917 --> 00:57:35,090
board document package

2511
00:57:35,090 --> 00:57:42,128
on the control panel.

2512
00:57:42,128 --> 00:57:43,643
So, we ended

2513
00:57:43,643 --> 00:57:45,262
last month with an

2514
00:57:45,262 --> 00:57:51,695
indicator of 1.85, 85, and

2515
00:57:51,695 --> 00:57:53,239
salaries under article

2516
00:57:53,239 --> 00:57:54,908
110 exceed the budget

2517
00:57:54,908 --> 00:57:56,369
by 232, but this is typical

2518
00:57:56,369 --> 00:57:59,974
for this time of year. IT

2519
00:57:59,974 --> 00:58:01,381
staff is working until

2520
00:58:01,381 --> 00:58:05,111
September. Teacher positions

2521
00:58:05,142 --> 00:58:06,082
are being filled at the

2522
00:58:06,082 --> 00:58:07,053
highest level,

2523
00:58:07,053 --> 00:58:07,961
the six-grade

2524
00:58:07,961 --> 00:58:08,901
teacher positions

2525
00:58:08,901 --> 00:58:10,059
are being retained,

2526
00:58:10,059 --> 00:58:11,312
after they have received

2527
00:58:11,312 --> 00:58:12,408
some adjustments,

2528
00:58:12,408 --> 00:58:13,379
as

2529
00:58:13,379 --> 00:58:14,475
we had

2530
00:58:14,475 --> 00:58:15,352
higher levels at the time of filling than

2531
00:58:15,352 --> 00:58:18,048
before. ESY budget, not

2532
00:58:18,048 --> 00:58:19,368
before, but as people

2533
00:58:19,368 --> 00:58:20,720
leave, sometimes

2534
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:21,566
retire or

2535
00:58:21,566 --> 00:58:22,648
get fired, those

2536
00:58:22,648 --> 00:58:24,001
who are hired can

2537
00:58:24,001 --> 00:58:26,869
be at a higher level.

2538
00:58:26,869 --> 00:58:28,302
ESY staff budget,

2539
00:58:28,302 --> 00:58:29,198
this program

2540
00:58:29,198 --> 00:58:30,416
mainly covers

2541
00:58:30,416 --> 00:58:31,670
special needs students and

2542
00:58:31,670 --> 00:58:34,304
special education. And

2543
00:58:34,304 --> 00:58:36,770
so there was an overspend this year

2544
00:58:36,802 --> 00:58:37,971
because the IEP required

2545
00:58:37,971 --> 00:58:38,847
us

2546
00:58:38,847 --> 00:58:40,047
to invest more in some

2547
00:58:40,047 --> 00:58:41,558
elements of the program.

2548
00:58:41,558 --> 00:58:42,667
So, we had to

2549
00:58:42,667 --> 00:58:43,613
spend more on it

2550
00:58:43,613 --> 00:58:44,461
than we

2551
00:58:44,461 --> 00:58:45,206
expected.

2552
00:58:45,206 --> 00:58:46,363
Overtime under

2553
00:58:46,363 --> 00:58:47,560
Article 130 is currently

2554
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:48,949
over

2555
00:58:48,949 --> 00:58:50,377
budget by approximately

2556
00:58:50,377 --> 00:58:51,805
871 due to a 10-month

2557
00:58:51,805 --> 00:58:53,310
administrator who

2558
00:58:53,310 --> 00:58:54,198
worked

2559
00:58:54,198 --> 00:58:55,590
additional hours.

2560
00:58:55,590 --> 00:58:56,872
Again, this is also

2561
00:58:56,872 --> 00:58:58,057
a burden as

2562
00:58:58,057 --> 00:58:59,307
we factor them in to

2563
00:58:59,307 --> 00:59:00,397
make sure

2564
00:59:00,397 --> 00:59:01,647
we have enough funds

2565
00:59:01,647 --> 00:59:02,707
for the end of the year. We

2566
00:59:02,707 --> 00:59:03,847
do this at the very

2567
00:59:03,847 --> 00:59:05,051
beginning so we don't

2568
00:59:05,051 --> 00:59:07,276
run out of money.

2569
00:59:07,276 --> 00:59:08,172
But sometimes, if

2570
00:59:08,172 --> 00:59:09,005
expenses are slightly

2571
00:59:09,005 --> 00:59:10,255
higher than projected

2572
00:59:10,255 --> 00:59:11,312
, it results in a

2573
00:59:11,312 --> 00:59:11,984
small

2574
00:59:11,984 --> 00:59:15,607
budget overrun.

2575
00:59:15,607 --> 00:59:16,787
um, the 150 scholarships

2576
00:59:16,787 --> 00:59:18,251
are over budget by

2577
00:59:18,251 --> 00:59:19,838
about 38,000, but

2578
00:59:19,838 --> 00:59:21,262
that's because we haven't

2579
00:59:21,262 --> 00:59:22,483
received most of

2580
00:59:22,483 --> 00:59:23,378
those

2581
00:59:23,378 --> 00:59:25,832
scholarships yet. You'll

2582
00:59:25,832 --> 00:59:26,780
notice that this

2583
00:59:26,780 --> 00:59:27,931
happens, and it

2584
00:59:27,931 --> 00:59:29,117
did last year

2585
00:59:29,117 --> 00:59:30,438
almost right up until the end

2586
00:59:30,438 --> 00:59:31,453
, because some of

2587
00:59:31,453 --> 00:59:32,774
the scholarships are tied

2588
00:59:32,774 --> 00:59:34,129
to classes and

2589
00:59:34,129 --> 00:59:35,450
things, and that usually gets

2590
00:59:35,450 --> 00:59:36,533
resolved sometime

2591
00:59:36,533 --> 00:59:37,888
towards the end of the year, when

2592
00:59:37,888 --> 00:59:39,209
we ended last

2593
00:59:39,209 --> 00:59:43,648
year, I think, at 10,000.

2594
00:59:43,648 --> 00:59:44,961
Um, legal services

2595
00:59:44,961 --> 00:59:46,032
has been involved in

2596
00:59:46,032 --> 00:59:47,069
a number of issues, as

2597
00:59:47,069 --> 00:59:48,348
Mr. Bode mentioned, with

2598
00:59:48,348 --> 00:59:49,731
regard to educators

2599
00:59:49,731 --> 00:59:51,009
and teachers, and

2600
00:59:51,009 --> 00:59:54,442
other actions. So, we

2601
00:59:54,442 --> 00:59:55,582
really spend

2602
00:59:55,582 --> 00:59:56,756
a lot on legal

2603
00:59:56,756 --> 00:59:58,413
fees. We expect a

2604
00:59:58,413 --> 00:59:59,740
budget overrun

2605
00:59:59,740 --> 01:00:00,952
for this item.

2606
01:00:00,952 --> 01:00:02,528
TE negotiations may be

2607
01:00:02,528 --> 01:00:03,579
going into

2608
01:00:03,579 --> 01:00:04,307
mediation,

2609
01:00:04,307 --> 01:00:05,803
hopefully not,

2610
01:00:05,803 --> 01:00:07,420
but it could happen, and

2611
01:00:07,420 --> 01:00:09,037
PAR education is already

2612
01:00:09,037 --> 01:00:11,220
in mediation. So this

2613
01:00:11,220 --> 01:00:12,512
may increase

2614
01:00:12,512 --> 01:00:14,465
costs somewhat. 350 technical

2615
01:00:14,465 --> 01:00:14,912
services

2616
01:00:14,912 --> 01:00:16,254
are underutilized, but

2617
01:00:16,254 --> 01:00:17,287
you understand that

2618
01:00:17,287 --> 01:00:18,629
this is to be expected

2619
01:00:18,629 --> 01:00:20,206
at this time of year. We are

2620
01:00:20,206 --> 01:00:21,568
not yet at the stage where we

2621
01:00:21,568 --> 01:00:22,760
have purchased everything you

2622
01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:23,986
could buy with

2623
01:00:23,986 --> 01:00:26,788
that money. Um, and some

2624
01:00:26,823 --> 01:00:28,193
purchase orders are for

2625
01:00:28,193 --> 01:00:29,564
online services

2626
01:00:29,564 --> 01:00:30,866
that are due at a

2627
01:00:30,866 --> 01:00:33,928
certain time. Ahem. 350,

2628
01:00:33,928 --> 01:00:34,611
sorry, 610

2629
01:00:34,611 --> 01:00:35,839
educational office

2630
01:00:35,839 --> 01:00:36,351
supplies

2631
01:00:36,351 --> 01:00:37,681
are underused, but that's

2632
01:00:37,681 --> 01:00:39,046
logical because we did

2633
01:00:39,046 --> 01:00:40,375
n't spend all of it.

2634
01:00:40,375 --> 01:00:41,323
Last year,

2635
01:00:41,323 --> 01:00:42,483
sorry, last

2636
01:00:42,483 --> 01:00:43,778
month it was 85,000.

2637
01:00:43,778 --> 01:00:45,936
This month—68.

2638
01:00:45,936 --> 01:00:47,266
Um, 690 student

2639
01:00:47,266 --> 01:00:48,315
activities and

2640
01:00:48,315 --> 01:00:49,323
miscellaneous

2641
01:00:49,323 --> 01:00:50,089
materials

2642
01:00:50,089 --> 01:00:52,656
underutilized at 43.

2643
01:00:52,656 --> 01:00:54,383
That makes sense too. You have

2644
01:00:54,383 --> 01:00:55,653
n't spent it all yet

2645
01:00:55,653 --> 01:00:57,263
. Um, last

2646
01:00:57,263 --> 01:01:00,711
month it was 71. And now

2647
01:01:00,711 --> 01:01:01,577
it's obviously

2648
01:01:01,577 --> 01:01:02,542
going to continue

2649
01:01:02,542 --> 01:01:03,740
to decline, but we

2650
01:01:03,740 --> 01:01:04,738
expect that

2651
01:01:04,738 --> 01:01:05,170
balance

2652
01:01:05,170 --> 01:01:06,135
to continue to

2653
01:01:06,135 --> 01:01:06,967
decline

2654
01:01:06,967 --> 01:01:08,365
throughout the year. So,

2655
01:01:08,365 --> 01:01:09,290
those are just a few

2656
01:01:09,290 --> 01:01:10,732
highlights.

2657
01:01:10,732 --> 01:01:12,112
Obviously there's a lot going on here

2658
01:01:12,112 --> 01:01:13,383
, and the FC meeting is

2659
01:01:13,383 --> 01:01:15,809
next week. We will

2660
01:01:15,809 --> 01:01:16,699
also

2661
01:01:16,699 --> 01:01:17,621
cover this in detail in a

2662
01:01:17,621 --> 01:01:18,798
multi-page

2663
01:01:18,798 --> 01:01:21,244
report. So, at

2664
01:01:21,244 --> 01:01:22,390
the beginning of the year, we

2665
01:01:22,390 --> 01:01:23,812
are where

2666
01:01:23,812 --> 01:01:24,957
you would expect to

2667
01:01:24,957 --> 01:01:26,379
see us, about 62% of

2668
01:01:26,379 --> 01:01:27,959
the budget remaining

2669
01:01:27,959 --> 01:01:30,871
at this point. And so it's

2670
01:01:30,871 --> 01:01:32,004
sometimes funny when

2671
01:01:32,004 --> 01:01:33,200
people ask, what's

2672
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:34,458
your forecast for the end of the

2673
01:01:34,458 --> 01:01:35,345
year? Technically,

2674
01:01:35,345 --> 01:01:35,997
you

2675
01:01:35,997 --> 01:01:37,153
get a

2676
01:01:37,153 --> 01:01:38,369
year-end forecast every month. Now,

2677
01:01:38,369 --> 01:01:39,646
if we had to

2678
01:01:39,646 --> 01:01:41,039
predict, it would be the same

2679
01:01:41,039 --> 01:01:42,285
62%. Here's what we

2680
01:01:42,285 --> 01:01:45,953
have. Um, but it

2681
01:01:45,953 --> 01:01:47,077
changes a lot

2682
01:01:47,077 --> 01:01:48,134
throughout the year, because

2683
01:01:48,134 --> 01:01:49,059
when

2684
01:01:49,059 --> 01:01:50,381
grants come in and through field

2685
01:01:50,381 --> 01:01:51,273
placements, you

2686
01:01:51,273 --> 01:01:52,330
noticed that it

2687
01:01:52,330 --> 01:01:53,618
fluctuates all the time

2688
01:01:53,618 --> 01:01:58,540
. So, we are where we

2689
01:01:58,540 --> 01:01:59,932
expected to be at this

2690
01:01:59,932 --> 01:02:01,640
point in the year.

2691
01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,146
Good. Thank you. Are there any

2692
01:02:03,146 --> 01:02:04,301
questions for Dr.

2693
01:02:04,301 --> 01:02:05,071
Willett about the

2694
01:02:05,071 --> 01:02:08,285
financial report?

2695
01:02:08,285 --> 01:02:10,270
Good. No questions

2696
01:02:10,270 --> 01:02:13,109
. Doctor, I was wondering

2697
01:02:13,109 --> 01:02:14,083
if you would like to

2698
01:02:14,083 --> 01:02:15,334
briefly talk

2699
01:02:15,334 --> 01:02:16,516
about SRO since we have

2700
01:02:16,516 --> 01:02:17,559
made some

2701
01:02:17,559 --> 01:02:20,999
progress. Well, we almost

2702
01:02:20,999 --> 01:02:22,130
made progress

2703
01:02:22,130 --> 01:02:24,358
last week.

2704
01:02:24,358 --> 01:02:25,432
It seems...I

2705
01:02:25,432 --> 01:02:26,506
mean, how

2706
01:02:26,506 --> 01:02:28,623
detailed do you want it?

2707
01:02:28,623 --> 01:02:30,154
appears the city plans

2708
01:02:30,154 --> 01:02:31,855
to partner with the SRO in FY27

2709
01:02:31,855 --> 01:02:34,389
.

2710
01:02:34,389 --> 01:02:35,664
Yes. We are working on

2711
01:02:35,664 --> 01:02:36,978
finalizing the

2712
01:02:37,008 --> 01:02:37,689
contract.

2713
01:02:37,689 --> 01:02:39,933
Yes. So I am now making

2714
01:02:39,933 --> 01:02:41,099
the changes that were

2715
01:02:41,099 --> 01:02:42,724
finally agreed upon,

2716
01:02:42,724 --> 01:02:44,390
namely: there will be no

2717
01:02:44,390 --> 01:02:45,390
provisions for

2718
01:02:45,390 --> 01:02:46,556
the future 28th or 29th

2719
01:02:46,556 --> 01:02:48,139
fiscal years, only

2720
01:02:48,139 --> 01:02:50,127
for the 27th.

2721
01:02:50,127 --> 01:02:52,734
Yes.

2722
01:02:52,734 --> 01:02:53,694
And this part...there are

2723
01:02:53,694 --> 01:02:54,930
about five or six

2724
01:02:54,930 --> 01:02:56,234
clauses in the contract

2725
01:02:56,234 --> 01:02:57,160
that we have to

2726
01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:00,736
remove. So we are

2727
01:03:00,736 --> 01:03:01,885
now completing the

2728
01:03:01,885 --> 01:03:03,483
process of removing them.

2729
01:03:03,483 --> 01:03:06,728
So, the agreement allows the

2730
01:03:06,728 --> 01:03:07,950
SRO to stay at

2731
01:03:07,950 --> 01:03:09,091
the school for a

2732
01:03:09,091 --> 01:03:11,808
certain amount of time. However,

2733
01:03:11,808 --> 01:03:13,072
it only applies to

2734
01:03:13,072 --> 01:03:14,272
funding for this

2735
01:03:14,272 --> 01:03:15,187
year.

2736
01:03:15,187 --> 01:03:16,792
But the deal will still be,

2737
01:03:16,892 --> 01:03:17,792
well, the city, it's

2738
01:03:17,792 --> 01:03:18,492
about

2739
01:03:18,492 --> 01:03:19,793
funding going forward,

2740
01:03:19,793 --> 01:03:20,893
because you know, the council is

2741
01:03:20,893 --> 01:03:23,365
paying for it. Yes.

2742
01:03:23,365 --> 01:03:24,382
But this year, these are

2743
01:03:24,382 --> 01:03:25,622
separate formulations

2744
01:03:25,622 --> 01:03:27,403
that relate specifically to

2745
01:03:27,435 --> 01:03:28,675
city funding this year,

2746
01:03:28,675 --> 01:03:29,248
and in the future, to

2747
01:03:29,248 --> 01:03:31,808
funding by the council.

2748
01:03:31,808 --> 01:03:32,660
Well, the city council

2749
01:03:32,660 --> 01:03:33,696
will have a chance

2750
01:03:33,696 --> 01:03:34,914
to discuss this during the

2751
01:03:34,914 --> 01:03:35,471
budget,

2752
01:03:35,471 --> 01:03:37,834
right?

2753
01:03:37,834 --> 01:03:39,091
But the text would be

2754
01:03:39,091 --> 01:03:39,859
that the council

2755
01:03:39,859 --> 01:03:41,221
transfers the funds for

2756
01:03:41,221 --> 01:03:42,582
SRO funding purposes,

2757
01:03:42,582 --> 01:03:43,770
and if the city council

2758
01:03:43,770 --> 01:03:44,712
says, “Hey, don’t

2759
01:03:44,712 --> 01:03:45,690
worry about

2760
01:03:45,690 --> 01:03:46,947
paying this year,”

2761
01:03:46,947 --> 01:03:48,169
that’s the city

2762
01:03:48,169 --> 01:03:50,503
council’s decision,

2763
01:03:50,503 --> 01:03:51,121
right?

2764
01:03:51,121 --> 01:03:52,515
And then we wouldn't pay

2765
01:03:52,515 --> 01:03:53,797
. But this part of

2766
01:03:53,797 --> 01:03:55,123
the contract—it's just what

2767
01:03:55,123 --> 01:03:56,415
we do if

2768
01:03:56,415 --> 01:03:57,639
...and there's nothing that

2769
01:03:57,639 --> 01:03:58,998
the city council is

2770
01:03:58,998 --> 01:04:00,188
obligated or not

2771
01:04:00,188 --> 01:04:01,344
obligated to do, other than

2772
01:04:01,344 --> 01:04:02,986
that one year. So

2773
01:04:02,986 --> 01:04:03,908
you know, after

2774
01:04:03,908 --> 01:04:04,982
that they could

2775
01:04:04,982 --> 01:04:06,118
if they wanted to, but it's

2776
01:04:06,118 --> 01:04:07,285
not hidden in the text

2777
01:04:07,285 --> 01:04:08,460
that they're going to.

2778
01:04:08,460 --> 01:04:08,962
But

2779
01:04:08,962 --> 01:04:10,102
this contract, I guess

2780
01:04:10,102 --> 01:04:11,126
I meant to say,

2781
01:04:11,126 --> 01:04:12,342
was a double one. This

2782
01:04:12,342 --> 01:04:13,124
was a renewed

2783
01:04:13,124 --> 01:04:14,206
contract for the SRO to be

2784
01:04:14,206 --> 01:04:15,168
at the school

2785
01:04:15,168 --> 01:04:16,371
per the city

2786
01:04:16,371 --> 01:04:17,453
-council agreement, and it also

2787
01:04:17,453 --> 01:04:18,355
addresses

2788
01:04:18,355 --> 01:04:19,468
funding for this

2789
01:04:19,468 --> 01:04:20,470
year from the city.

2790
01:04:20,470 --> 01:04:23,299
Yes. Yes. What is

2791
01:04:23,299 --> 01:04:24,675
delaying the process a bit is the

2792
01:04:24,675 --> 01:04:27,174
financial part.

2793
01:04:27,174 --> 01:04:28,240
Yes. It was because of the

2794
01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:30,096
financial part that it all

2795
01:04:30,129 --> 01:04:34,753
dragged on a bit.

2796
01:04:34,753 --> 01:04:36,087
But we have created, as you

2797
01:04:36,087 --> 01:04:36,988
know, a great

2798
01:04:36,988 --> 01:04:38,223
system in the agreement that

2799
01:04:38,223 --> 01:04:39,157
has parallel

2800
01:04:39,157 --> 01:04:40,358
evaluation processes

2801
01:04:40,358 --> 01:04:44,510
and things like that. This is a

2802
01:04:44,510 --> 01:04:45,852
very, very thorough

2803
01:04:45,852 --> 01:04:48,889
and excellent document.

2804
01:04:48,889 --> 01:04:50,205
So, getting that

2805
01:04:50,205 --> 01:04:51,755
last element, uh,

2806
01:04:51,755 --> 01:04:53,188
you know, uh,

2807
01:04:53,188 --> 01:04:57,684
funding stream—that's the

2808
01:04:57,684 --> 01:05:01,828
last part of it.

2809
01:05:01,828 --> 01:05:02,950
But uh, we should

2810
01:05:02,950 --> 01:05:04,073
get a redaction

2811
01:05:04,073 --> 01:05:05,031
from Shipwin on this in

2812
01:05:05,031 --> 01:05:06,286
the next few

2813
01:05:06,286 --> 01:05:07,541
days, and I'll pass that

2814
01:05:07,541 --> 01:05:08,829
redaction on, and if

2815
01:05:08,829 --> 01:05:10,117
all goes well, we can

2816
01:05:10,117 --> 01:05:13,154
proceed.

2817
01:05:13,154 --> 01:05:14,855
Perfectly. Thank you. Any

2818
01:05:14,855 --> 01:05:17,755
questions, Dave? This is

2819
01:05:17,755 --> 01:05:18,715
more of a general

2820
01:05:18,715 --> 01:05:19,674
observation, but I would

2821
01:05:19,674 --> 01:05:20,663
like to get

2822
01:05:20,663 --> 01:05:21,772
more information on

2823
01:05:21,772 --> 01:05:23,257
this. I don't

2824
01:05:23,257 --> 01:05:24,245
understand, and I also

2825
01:05:24,245 --> 01:05:25,490
remember conversations

2826
01:05:25,490 --> 01:05:26,917
that took place a long time ago

2827
01:05:26,917 --> 01:05:29,390
. Uh,

2828
01:05:29,390 --> 01:05:30,441
that's how long it's been

2829
01:05:30,441 --> 01:05:32,719
going on.

2830
01:05:32,719 --> 01:05:34,238
Well, I know, but if we

2831
01:05:34,238 --> 01:05:35,453
support the idea of

2832
01:05:35,453 --> 01:05:36,782
covering

2833
01:05:36,782 --> 01:05:38,036
security costs in 2027,

2834
01:05:38,036 --> 01:05:39,517
why did we, why did we, why did

2835
01:05:39,517 --> 01:05:41,036
we agree to only

2836
01:05:41,036 --> 01:05:41,644
one year of

2837
01:05:41,644 --> 01:05:43,163
security for

2838
01:05:43,163 --> 01:05:46,625
our school? I don't

2839
01:05:46,625 --> 01:05:47,592
understand this

2840
01:05:47,592 --> 01:05:48,603
aspect. The

2841
01:05:48,603 --> 01:05:49,905
city administration

2842
01:05:49,905 --> 01:05:51,493
was unsure. Uh, the

2843
01:05:51,493 --> 01:05:52,649
reason they

2844
01:05:52,649 --> 01:05:54,009
agreed to provide this,

2845
01:05:54,009 --> 01:05:55,233
if "agreed"

2846
01:05:55,233 --> 01:05:56,680
is the right word,

2847
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:57,802
uh, to provide it for one

2848
01:05:57,802 --> 01:05:59,049
year is because

2849
01:05:59,049 --> 01:06:00,264
they had, you know, a

2850
01:06:00,264 --> 01:06:01,456
salary difference

2851
01:06:01,456 --> 01:06:02,761
when the officer

2852
01:06:02,761 --> 01:06:03,550
retired.

2853
01:06:03,550 --> 01:06:04,830
That's right.

2854
01:06:04,830 --> 01:06:06,741
So, they had this, you

2855
01:06:06,741 --> 01:06:08,270
know, surplus,

2856
01:06:08,270 --> 01:06:09,942
I think, 84-86 thousand

2857
01:06:09,942 --> 01:06:11,806
because of this, which they, uh

2858
01:06:11,806 --> 01:06:13,048
, were willing to

2859
01:06:13,048 --> 01:06:16,865
put towards this.

2860
01:06:16,865 --> 01:06:18,226
However, uh, I think

2861
01:06:18,226 --> 01:06:20,985
they're, you know, not thrilled about

2862
01:06:21,023 --> 01:06:22,309
including it in

2863
01:06:22,309 --> 01:06:25,773
their budget. However,

2864
01:06:25,773 --> 01:06:27,102
uh, it will all depend

2865
01:06:27,102 --> 01:06:28,941
on the city council. It

2866
01:06:28,941 --> 01:06:30,107
will all depend on

2867
01:06:30,107 --> 01:06:31,272
which city council is

2868
01:06:31,272 --> 01:06:32,437
in power each year

2869
01:06:32,437 --> 01:06:33,296
during the budget

2870
01:06:33,296 --> 01:06:34,461
period whether

2871
01:06:34,461 --> 01:06:35,953
they want to do this. Yes, there

2872
01:06:35,953 --> 01:06:37,126
is no policy

2873
01:06:37,126 --> 01:06:38,437
that would obligate the

2874
01:06:38,437 --> 01:06:39,747
city to provide

2875
01:06:39,747 --> 01:06:41,717
this. It was a request

2876
01:06:41,717 --> 01:06:42,918
and we got approval

2877
01:06:42,918 --> 01:06:44,053
for one year, but that's

2878
01:06:44,053 --> 01:06:45,188
all we have at the

2879
01:06:45,188 --> 01:06:46,565
moment. But we

2880
01:06:46,565 --> 01:06:47,638
also needed to

2881
01:06:47,638 --> 01:06:48,797
renew that contract

2882
01:06:48,797 --> 01:06:49,928
so, you know, it was a

2883
01:06:49,928 --> 01:06:50,768
long process with

2884
01:06:50,768 --> 01:06:51,812
converting our

2885
01:06:51,812 --> 01:06:53,609
two part-time positions

2886
01:06:53,638 --> 01:06:54,623
to full-time and

2887
01:06:54,623 --> 01:06:55,783
negotiating the current

2888
01:06:55,783 --> 01:06:56,825
city agreement. So

2889
01:06:56,825 --> 01:06:57,795
we needed

2890
01:06:57,795 --> 01:06:58,730
this part too.

2891
01:06:58,730 --> 01:06:59,918
So, we got

2892
01:06:59,918 --> 01:07:00,678
what Dr.

2893
01:07:00,678 --> 01:07:01,610
Willett said, he spent

2894
01:07:01,610 --> 01:07:02,656
a lot of time. There are legal

2895
01:07:02,656 --> 01:07:03,646
costs that the

2896
01:07:03,646 --> 01:07:04,509
board of

2897
01:07:04,509 --> 01:07:05,627
education has borne. Dr. Willet

2898
01:07:05,627 --> 01:07:06,707
worked with lawyers.

2899
01:07:06,707 --> 01:07:07,808
He worked with the city

2900
01:07:07,808 --> 01:07:09,175
. He worked with, uh,

2901
01:07:09,175 --> 01:07:10,299
city employees

2902
01:07:10,299 --> 01:07:10,428
,

2903
01:07:10,428 --> 01:07:11,539
city employees

2904
01:07:11,539 --> 01:07:12,427
. He worked with the

2905
01:07:12,427 --> 01:07:13,400
council members. He

2906
01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:14,195
worked with, uh, the

2907
01:07:14,195 --> 01:07:16,325
police, you know, the

2908
01:07:16,354 --> 01:07:17,385
Connecticut State Police. Uh,

2909
01:07:17,385 --> 01:07:18,523
so we thank you

2910
01:07:18,523 --> 01:07:19,857
for that, Dr. Willett.

2911
01:07:19,857 --> 01:07:21,142
But yeah, this, this is what

2912
01:07:21,142 --> 01:07:22,458
we stopped at.

2913
01:07:22,458 --> 01:07:23,264
So we are still

2914
01:07:23,264 --> 01:07:24,036
trying to

2915
01:07:24,036 --> 01:07:25,346
dot the

2916
01:07:25,346 --> 01:07:26,489
i's and close all the

2917
01:07:26,489 --> 01:07:27,787
questions.

2918
01:07:27,787 --> 01:07:29,865
Good. So, 2028 will

2919
01:07:29,865 --> 01:07:31,792
just pass, you know,

2920
01:07:31,792 --> 01:07:33,523
but I will do it. Yes.

2921
01:07:33,523 --> 01:07:34,235
Perhaps.

2922
01:07:34,235 --> 01:07:35,556
I don't want to devalue

2923
01:07:35,556 --> 01:07:36,702
, okay? This shouldn't

2924
01:07:36,702 --> 01:07:37,886
devalue all the work

2925
01:07:37,886 --> 01:07:38,774
you just

2926
01:07:38,774 --> 01:07:39,826
asked for, right? It's

2927
01:07:39,826 --> 01:07:40,714
more of a one-off

2928
01:07:40,714 --> 01:07:41,481
,

2929
01:07:41,481 --> 01:07:42,347
believe me, if it were

2930
01:07:42,347 --> 01:07:43,502
up to us, we would have

2931
01:07:43,502 --> 01:07:44,455
included it, but at

2932
01:07:44,455 --> 01:07:45,408
some point we

2933
01:07:45,408 --> 01:07:46,158
needed to

2934
01:07:46,158 --> 01:07:47,504
sign a deal. So

2935
01:07:47,504 --> 01:07:47,652
,

2936
01:07:47,652 --> 01:07:48,739
we will decide this

2937
01:07:48,739 --> 01:07:49,771
year by year with our

2938
01:07:49,771 --> 01:07:50,596
city council.

2939
01:07:50,596 --> 01:07:51,470
When does the

2940
01:07:51,470 --> 01:07:52,564
next discussion

2941
01:07:52,564 --> 01:07:52,883
about

2942
01:07:52,883 --> 01:07:55,677
2028, 2029 begin? You

2943
01:07:55,677 --> 01:07:56,676
know, that's what it

2944
01:07:56,676 --> 01:07:57,329
means for

2945
01:07:57,329 --> 01:07:58,173
financing.

2946
01:07:58,173 --> 01:07:59,772
Yes. Yes. There will

2947
01:08:00,856 --> 01:08:02,211
be no further discussion on how it will be written.

2948
01:08:02,211 --> 01:08:03,567
It's just going to be, well

2949
01:08:03,567 --> 01:08:05,388
, it's not that I don't have it

2950
01:08:05,388 --> 01:08:06,421
in the

2951
01:08:06,421 --> 01:08:07,261
contract to

2952
01:08:07,261 --> 01:08:09,446
discuss,

2953
01:08:09,446 --> 01:08:10,765
but the contract doesn't

2954
01:08:10,765 --> 01:08:11,978
prohibit the city

2955
01:08:11,978 --> 01:08:12,364
council,

2956
01:08:12,364 --> 01:08:13,819
I mean from a

2957
01:08:13,819 --> 01:08:15,269
contract perspective,

2958
01:08:15,269 --> 01:08:16,170
Jayden is just

2959
01:08:16,170 --> 01:08:17,200
asking when should we

2960
01:08:17,200 --> 01:08:18,326
approach the

2961
01:08:18,326 --> 01:08:19,388
city council about

2962
01:08:19,388 --> 01:08:20,579
paying for next

2963
01:08:20,579 --> 01:08:21,835
year, do we wait, does

2964
01:08:21,835 --> 01:08:23,058
it have to happen during the

2965
01:08:23,058 --> 01:08:23,959
budget

2966
01:08:23,959 --> 01:08:26,068
process,

2967
01:08:26,068 --> 01:08:27,323
your budget has to be

2968
01:08:27,323 --> 01:08:28,230
created and

2969
01:08:28,230 --> 01:08:29,520
submitted by February 14th,

2970
01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:30,602
so you should probably

2971
01:08:30,602 --> 01:08:31,892
approach at

2972
01:08:31,892 --> 01:08:33,182
that point because you

2973
01:08:33,182 --> 01:08:34,473
need to know whether it's

2974
01:08:34,473 --> 01:08:37,319
budgeted or not.

2975
01:08:37,319 --> 01:08:37,967
Okay.

2976
01:08:37,967 --> 01:08:39,224
Yes.

2977
01:08:39,224 --> 01:08:40,310
So we can

2978
01:08:40,310 --> 01:08:41,586
do it.

2979
01:08:41,586 --> 01:08:42,964
I can make the request

2980
01:08:42,964 --> 01:08:43,463
again.

2981
01:08:43,463 --> 01:08:43,859
Yes.

2982
01:08:43,859 --> 01:08:44,535
But, uh, this

2983
01:08:44,535 --> 01:08:45,518
budget cycle, and

2984
01:08:45,518 --> 01:08:46,348
after that it

2985
01:08:46,348 --> 01:08:47,278
will be up to the

2986
01:08:47,278 --> 01:08:47,756
council.

2987
01:08:47,756 --> 01:08:48,671
Well, no, it will be up

2988
01:08:48,671 --> 01:08:49,441
to the board of

2989
01:08:49,441 --> 01:08:49,899
education whether

2990
01:08:49,899 --> 01:08:50,669
to proceed with this

2991
01:08:50,669 --> 01:08:51,372
request to the board.

2992
01:08:51,372 --> 01:08:52,758
Got it. Got it.

2993
01:08:52,758 --> 01:08:53,462
Thank you.

2994
01:08:53,462 --> 01:08:54,297
But I would happily

2995
01:08:54,297 --> 01:08:55,431
do it again this year

2996
01:08:55,431 --> 01:08:56,572
.

2997
01:08:56,572 --> 01:09:02,103
Are there any more questions? OK.

2998
01:09:02,103 --> 01:09:03,055
Then

2999
01:09:03,055 --> 01:09:08,592
we move on to

3000
01:09:08,592 --> 01:09:09,710
uh, council action No. 1:

3001
01:09:09,710 --> 01:09:10,705
obsolete and

3002
01:09:10,705 --> 01:09:11,575
redundant

3003
01:09:11,575 --> 01:09:13,638
equipment.

3004
01:09:13,675 --> 01:09:15,885
Everyone's favorite spot. Outdated

3005
01:09:15,885 --> 01:09:16,603
surplus

3006
01:09:16,603 --> 01:09:20,009
equipment. We have an

3007
01:09:20,009 --> 01:09:20,749
old-fashioned

3008
01:09:20,749 --> 01:09:22,002
portable projector

3009
01:09:22,002 --> 01:09:25,022
, and please. He is already on his way

3010
01:09:25,022 --> 01:09:27,139
to you.

3011
01:09:27,139 --> 01:09:28,388
Yes. We declare

3012
01:09:28,388 --> 01:09:29,499
it obsolete and

3013
01:09:29,499 --> 01:09:30,480
then hand it over to

3014
01:09:30,480 --> 01:09:32,321
the city. A

3015
01:09:32,321 --> 01:09:33,697
Canon portable mini scanner that

3016
01:09:33,697 --> 01:09:36,207
doesn't work. Sharp tape recorder

3017
01:09:36,207 --> 01:09:37,624
. You can

3018
01:09:37,624 --> 01:09:38,509
see here,

3019
01:09:38,509 --> 01:09:41,549
the antenna is missing.

3020
01:09:41,549 --> 01:09:42,803
Three pairs of portable

3021
01:09:42,803 --> 01:09:43,993
desktop speakers

3022
01:09:43,993 --> 01:09:45,215
that don't work very

3023
01:09:45,215 --> 01:09:47,701
well. The Woodcock-

3024
01:09:47,701 --> 01:09:48,936
Johnson tests that

3025
01:09:48,936 --> 01:09:51,025
no one wants to take.

3026
01:09:51,025 --> 01:09:52,055
They are old,

3027
01:09:52,055 --> 01:09:52,604
no one

3028
01:09:52,604 --> 01:09:53,943
uses them, we have

3029
01:09:53,943 --> 01:09:56,798
updated replacements. So that's it

3030
01:09:56,798 --> 01:09:58,210
. But under

3031
01:09:58,210 --> 01:09:59,475
policy protocol

3032
01:09:59,475 --> 01:10:00,274
3040, everything we're

3033
01:10:00,274 --> 01:10:00,973
going to

3034
01:10:00,973 --> 01:10:02,105
recycle, we don't

3035
01:10:02,105 --> 01:10:03,270
just throw it in

3036
01:10:03,270 --> 01:10:04,569
the trash because people

3037
01:10:04,569 --> 01:10:05,834
see it, look

3038
01:10:05,834 --> 01:10:07,032
in the trash, and say, "

3039
01:10:07,032 --> 01:10:08,331
Look, it works,

3040
01:10:08,331 --> 01:10:09,063
this great

3041
01:10:09,063 --> 01:10:12,930
Sharp tape recorder from 1983.

3042
01:10:15,683 --> 01:10:16,893
You could probably

3043
01:10:16,893 --> 01:10:18,772
replace the antenna."

3044
01:10:18,772 --> 01:10:20,959
Yes. Uh

3045
01:10:20,959 --> 01:10:22,694
, yes. So, it looks like

3046
01:10:22,694 --> 01:10:23,840
we have a proposed

3047
01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:25,034
solution. To

3048
01:10:25,034 --> 01:10:26,351
resolve to declare

3049
01:10:26,351 --> 01:10:27,195
all items

3050
01:10:27,195 --> 01:10:28,377
included in this

3051
01:10:28,377 --> 01:10:29,693
report obsolete and

3052
01:10:29,693 --> 01:10:30,943
/or unusable, and

3053
01:10:30,943 --> 01:10:31,888
to transfer the

3054
01:10:31,888 --> 01:10:33,036
identified items to

3055
01:10:33,036 --> 01:10:33,947
the city in accordance with

3056
01:10:33,947 --> 01:10:35,261
Council Policy 3040.

3057
01:10:35,261 --> 01:10:36,572
I support.

3058
01:10:36,572 --> 01:10:39,879
Are there any discussions?

3059
01:10:39,879 --> 01:10:40,598
Jaden.

3060
01:10:40,598 --> 01:10:41,276
By.

3061
01:10:41,276 --> 01:10:41,729
Bill.

3062
01:10:41,729 --> 01:10:42,153
By.

3063
01:10:42,153 --> 01:10:42,950
JP.

3064
01:10:42,950 --> 01:10:43,578
By.

3065
01:10:43,578 --> 01:10:46,122
Mackenzie.

3066
01:10:46,122 --> 01:10:48,065
By.

3067
01:10:48,065 --> 01:10:50,475
I see that it is accepted.

3068
01:10:50,475 --> 01:10:54,319
Please. added to

3069
01:10:54,319 --> 01:10:55,020
our

3070
01:10:55,020 --> 01:10:56,529
And I think he can

3071
01:10:56,529 --> 01:10:59,037
take the tape. So,

3072
01:10:59,037 --> 01:10:59,585
this was definitely

3073
01:10:59,585 --> 01:11:00,887
used in the

3074
01:11:00,887 --> 01:11:02,192
classroom. It was, it was

3075
01:11:02,192 --> 01:11:03,337
wonderful.

3076
01:11:03,337 --> 01:11:04,582
This is strange.

3077
01:11:04,582 --> 01:11:05,661
And a TV on a

3078
01:11:05,661 --> 01:11:07,514
trolley. You ever,

3079
01:11:07,514 --> 01:11:08,949
okay, fine. I'm glad I'm

3080
01:11:08,949 --> 01:11:10,133
not liquidating with a

3081
01:11:10,133 --> 01:11:11,208
clear conscience.

3082
01:11:11,208 --> 01:11:12,066
I feel like I'm in

3083
01:11:12,066 --> 01:11:13,456
fourth grade. No,

3084
01:11:13,456 --> 01:11:14,192
but yes.

3085
01:11:14,192 --> 01:11:15,123
Oh my God.

3086
01:11:15,123 --> 01:11:16,295
OK. Thank you,

3087
01:11:16,295 --> 01:11:17,063
Jayden.

3088
01:11:17,063 --> 01:11:18,516
OK. Let's move on to

3089
01:11:18,516 --> 01:11:19,783
public participation

3090
01:11:19,783 --> 01:11:19,916
.

3091
01:11:19,916 --> 01:11:22,100
Smart board. You

3092
01:11:22,100 --> 01:11:23,463
will have two minutes. Does

3093
01:11:23,463 --> 01:11:24,569
anyone in the audience want

3094
01:11:24,569 --> 01:11:27,033
to speak now? Does

3095
01:11:27,033 --> 01:11:28,177
anyone want to

3096
01:11:28,177 --> 01:11:33,097
speak online now?

3097
01:11:33,097 --> 01:11:34,637
Okay. Since there are

3098
01:11:34,637 --> 01:11:35,743
no applicants, and given

3099
01:11:35,743 --> 01:11:36,817
our very small

3100
01:11:36,817 --> 01:11:37,984
audience, I will move on

3101
01:11:37,984 --> 01:11:39,105
to references. Does

3102
01:11:39,105 --> 01:11:39,834
anyone from the council want

3103
01:11:39,834 --> 01:11:40,808
to speak now?

3104
01:11:40,808 --> 01:11:41,794
College and

3105
01:11:41,794 --> 01:11:42,753
high school football this

3106
01:11:42,753 --> 01:11:44,078
Friday. Be there.

3107
01:11:44,078 --> 01:11:44,944
Very cool.

3108
01:11:44,944 --> 01:11:46,931
Be there at 9:11. So, a

3109
01:11:46,931 --> 01:11:47,564
pretty cool

3110
01:11:47,564 --> 01:11:48,302
opportunity for a

3111
01:11:48,302 --> 01:11:49,352
football team.

3112
01:11:49,352 --> 01:11:52,161
Game of the week. Game of the week.

3113
01:11:52,161 --> 01:11:52,760
Saw this in

3114
01:11:52,760 --> 01:11:53,674
today's

3115
01:11:53,674 --> 01:11:54,921
bulletin. OK.

3116
01:11:54,921 --> 01:11:55,797
Anyone else?

3117
01:11:55,797 --> 01:11:58,996
Go, Jets.

3118
01:11:58,996 --> 01:12:00,055
OK. I accept

3119
01:12:00,055 --> 01:12:00,906
the motion to

3120
01:12:00,906 --> 01:12:02,100
close the meeting.

3121
01:12:02,100 --> 01:12:03,962
Yes, we are moving. Second.

3122
01:12:03,962 --> 01:12:05,285
Is there a discussion?

3123
01:12:05,285 --> 01:12:05,944
Jaden.

3124
01:12:05,944 --> 01:12:06,351
By.

3125
01:12:06,351 --> 01:12:06,802
Bill.

3126
01:12:06,802 --> 01:12:07,222
By.

3127
01:12:07,222 --> 01:12:08,005
JP.

3128
01:12:08,005 --> 01:12:08,423
By.

3129
01:12:08,423 --> 01:12:09,262
Mackenzie.

3130
01:12:09,262 --> 01:12:09,659
By. I'm in favor

3131
01:12:09,659 --> 01:12:10,586
. We

3132
01:12:10,586 --> 01:12:11,662
are closing the meeting

3133
01:12:11,662 --> 01:12:13,699
. Thank you. Yes.